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

The surname Lawyer (Bengali: লয়ার) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lawyer.

How Common Is The Last Name Lawyer? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 192,671^st most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,335,261 people. The surname 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. It is also the 161,726^th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 2,152 people.

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

Lawyer Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Lawyer has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lawyer Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the 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.