Lawyer Surname

192,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iran

Lawyer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. ' the lawyer'; v. Lawman, and compare Sawyer and Bowyer.

Lawyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1861:149,3629,489
Iran6371:120,53811,260
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Afghanistan1231:261,4084,359
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
India191:40,371,862445,856
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
England151:3,714,537119,675
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3601:36,9264,374

Lawyer (2,152) may also be a first name.

Lawyer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. ' the lawyer'; v. Lawman, and compare Sawyer and Bowyer.

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

(English) One who followed the legal profession, a lawyer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The profession.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lawyer Last Name Facts

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

Lawyer (Bengali: লয়ার) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lawyer is the 192,671st most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,335,261 people. Lawyer occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Lawyer are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lawyer is also the 161,726th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 2,152 people.

The surname Lawyer is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,186 people, or 1 in 149,362. In Nigeria Lawyer is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 36 percent are found, Delta, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Lawyer occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 29 percent are found and Malawi, where 6 percent are found.

Lawyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lawyer has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lawyer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lawyer last name is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

Lawyer earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $50,504 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lawyerr922/
Laweyer921/
Lowyer83193/
Labyer8340/
Lawier837/
Lawger833/
Lewyer832/
Lawyir831/
Laubyer771/
Lawiere771/
Lavier671,319/
Lewier67568/
Labier67330/
Lowier678/
Lowger677/
Lovyer671/
Levyer670/

Lawyer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lawyer in the Bengali language
লয়ারlayara-

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