Lawe Surname
Approximately 5,723 people bear this surname
Lawe Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' i.e. hill; v. Low. The seeming plural form Lawes represents the common tendency to tack on an 's' in monosyllabic local surnames; compare Styles, Oakes, Brooks, Sykes, Dykes, &c.
Read More About This SurnameLawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,188 | 1:17,482 | 2,391 |
| Indonesia | 986 | 1:134,127 | 13,389 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Benin | 379 | 1:27,271 | 3,624 |
| Nigeria | 378 | 1:468,632 | 23,688 |
| United States | 355 | 1:1,021,011 | 75,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 163 | 1:50,023 | 6,268 |
| Philippines | 142 | 1:712,945 | 71,974 |
| England | 133 | 1:418,933 | 28,433 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Jamaica | 68 | 1:42,205 | 2,644 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 63 | 1:70,315 | 5,170 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 124 | 1:196,576 | 15,750 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 173 | 1:290,281 | 23,212 |
The alternate forms: Lawé (6) are calculated separately.
Lawe (1,434) may also be a first name.
Lawe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' i.e. hill; v. Low. The seeming plural form Lawes represents the common tendency to tack on an 's' in monosyllabic local surnames; compare Styles, Oakes, Brooks, Sykes, Dykes, &c. Probably the patronymic s, as in Williams, Jones, Sec.; v. Brook, (a) Bapt. 'the son of Lawrence,' from the nick. Law. For instances, v. Lawson. The final 's' in Lawes will here represent the patronymic, as in Jones, Williams, Jennings, Sec.
William de la Lawe, Northumberland, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ralph de la Law, or Lowe, Salop; ibid.
Robertus del Lawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de la Law, 1379: ibid.
1527-8. John Brewer and Agnes Lawes: Marriage Lic. (London).
1591. John Lawe, yeoman, and Elizabeth Manteilde: ibid.
There are ten or more places named Law in Scotland from which this name may have been derived. It was a common surname in Glasgow in the sixteenth century. In 1428 Robert de Lawe had a safe conduct to pass through England on his return from Spain. James of Law compeared in court with an accusation against another in 1488 (Prestwick, p. 32), and Quintigernus Law is in record in 1644 (Inputs., 2991). John Law (1671—1729), the financier and projector of commercial schemes, was born in Edinburgh.
(English) Dweller at a Hill, often a Sepulchral Hillock or Mound [Northern English and Scot. law(e, Old English hlǽw] Benedict de la Lawe.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D, 1246.
David atte Lawe.—Parl. Writs.
A mile an’ a bittock, a mile or twa, Abune the burn, ayont the law.—R. L. Stevenson, ‘A Mile an’ a Bittock.’ (Anglo-French-Latin) a diminutive of Laurence, q.v.
Law Robynson.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
(English) Dweller at a burial mound or hillock.
(A-Sax, hlaew, hlaw.') 1. What covers, as a grave, a heap, a barrow, a small hill. 2. A tract of ground gently rising-a low. (Bosworth.) Still used in the North for an eminence.
A hill-also an abbreviation of Lawrence.
(Scottish.) A hill. Laye, old French, a hill.
From Anglo-Saxon hlaw, a heap, burrow, or small hill. Hence the surnames Low, Lowe, and, among other compounds, Blacklaw, Carlaw, Cutlove, Dearlove, Freelove, Fullalove, Greenlaw, Manlove, Marklove, Newlove, Onslowe (hounds), Pursglove, Purslove, Quicklove, Shillinglaw, Spendlove, Spenlove, Sweetlove, Truelove, Truslove, Wardlaw, Whitelaw, Whitlow, Younglove.
Lawe Demographics
Lawe Religious Adherence
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Lawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lawe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Lawé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lawe? popularity and diffusion
Lawe is the 84,431st most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,273,379 people. The last name Lawe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Lawe are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 22 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 206,059th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 1,434 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,188 people, or 1 in 17,482. In Cameroon Lawe is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 46 percent reside, North Region, where 28 percent reside and Centre Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Lawe occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Chad, where 10 percent reside.
Lawe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lawe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lawe surname rose 205 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 107 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 76 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lawe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (48%) in Ireland and Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Lawe surname are 25.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.41% registered with the political party.
The amount Lawe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.48% less than the national average, earning R 67,764 per year; in United States they earn 2.35% less than the national average, earning $42,136 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.14% less than the national average, earning $43,154 CAD per year.
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