Laswell Surname

250,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Laswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5651:231,60322,277
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3391:148,13813,775

Laswell (349) may also be a first name.

Laswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laswell occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laswell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Laswell is the 250,894th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,612,371 people. The last name Laswell is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Laswell reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 466,636th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 349 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,565 people, or 1 in 231,603. In The United States Laswell is most common in: Indiana, where 18 percent reside, Kentucky, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 percent reside.

Laswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Laswell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Laswell last name rose 462 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Laswell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Laswell surname are 27.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.52% being registered to vote for the party.

Laswell earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $46,158 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lasswell931,130/
Leaswell930/
Laswel922/
Lasswelle880/
Leswell8651/
Lasweel861/
Laswele861/
Laxwell861/
Loswell860/
Laswill860/
Losswell801/
Lasswill800/
Lesswell800/
Lashuel719/
Lashbel715/
Lausbøll671/
Lesuel621/
Lazuel620/
Leshuel571/

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Laswell Reference & Research

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Lasswell Y-DNA FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Laswell
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis