Lawley Surname

70,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Lawley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lawley.' I cannot find the spot.

1595-6. George Lawley, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

1650. Baptised — John, s. William and Sibbell Lawly: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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Lawley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1451:115,24912,455
England2,6701:20,8682,946
Canada4131:89,2159,827
Australia2641:102,25611,519
Israel1371:62,4647,884
Wales871:35,5693,540
Scotland611:87,7676,275
New Zealand471:96,34713,070
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
France101:6,642,272293,169
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
India61:127,844,230863,365
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
China21:683,660,78330,601
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7841:13,6632,050
Wales251:62,7373,061
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4521:111,10311,052

Lawley (22) may also be a first name.

Lawley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lawley.' I cannot find the spot.

1595-6. George Lawley, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

1650. Baptised — John, s. William and Sibbell Lawly: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1698. Robert Palmer and Hester Lawley: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Lawley = the Hill- Lea [Old English hlǽw, a hill, (burial) mound + leáh (Middle English ley] Coal and sandstone pits are (or were) worked under Lawley Hill, Salop.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The family descend from Thos. Lawley, cousin and heir of John Lord Wenlock, K.G., temp. Edw. IV. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. The name is clearly local, but the place is unknown.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) A place in the hundred of Blackburn, Shropshire, from Law, low, and ley, a place, lea, or pasture.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Salop.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Lawley is the name of a Shropshire district.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Lawley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lawley occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 70,337th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,036,635 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Lawley are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 22 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,145 people, or 1 in 115,249. In The United States Lawley is primarily concentrated in: Alabama, where 25 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in England, where 38 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Lawley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lawley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lawley surname rose 696 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 348 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lawley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lawley surname is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States Lawley are 27.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.07% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lawley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.03% less than the national average, earning R 109,248 per year; in United States they earn 1.85% more than the national average, earning $43,948 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.95% less than the national average, earning $48,716 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Laible672,216/
Lobley671,676/
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Lasswelle670/
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