in Law Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

in Law Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

in Law Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England41:13,929,515290,718
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

in Law Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name in Law Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname in Law occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name in Law? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 33 percent of in Law are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily found in: Alabama, where 14 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and Georgia, where 14 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inlaw9124/
In-Law8321/
Ainlaow771/
Inilhaw771/
An Liaw771/
Inlow731,513/
Anlaw731/
Enlaw730/
Inilow6717/
Anolaw677/
Anulaw674/
Onloaw673/
Onlaew671/
Annlaw671/
Enelaw670/
Innlow670/
Analauw6219/
Unlayaw623/
An-Ulaw622/
Ounlaaw621/
Yen Lew621/
Yenwlaw621/
An Louw621/
An-Olaw621/
An-Alaw621/
Yen Liew571/
Ayinalew571/
Onwahlaw571/
O'Hanlaw570/
Enlow553,945/
Anlew556/
Anlow556/
Onlow551/
Enelow5075/
Onalow500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to in Law
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