Lawsons Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Iceland

Lawsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lawsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England41:13,929,515290,718
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Lawsons Last Name Facts

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

Lawsons is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawsons? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Lawsons live; 27 percent live in Eastern Europe and 27 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Lawsons is most frequently used in Russia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 11,086,389. In Russia Lawsons is primarily found in: Moscow, where 23 percent live, Novosibirsk Oblast, where 23 percent live and Vologda Oblast, where 23 percent live. Barring Russia this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Lawsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lawsons has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 65 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lawsons Last Name Statistics demography

Lawsons earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.

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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 Lawsons
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