McLaw Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

McLaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

McLaw Last Name Facts

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

McLaw is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McLaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of McLaw live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 30 percent are found, Florida, where 20 percent are found and Colorado, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 27 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

McLaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McLaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McLaw surname contracted 69 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLaw Last Name Statistics demography

McLaw earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.24% more than the national average, earning $69,575 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McClaw9111/
Maclaw915/
MacKlaw830/
McClow73150/
MacLow7310/
Maclew733/
MacLav731/
MacLaf731/
Macklow6796/
Mocklow6725/
McLaugh6715/
Macklew677/
Maclova672/
Maklawf671/
Moclova671/
Maklawe671/
Maclauf671/
Mocklab671/
MacLowe671/

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McLaw Reference & Research

Law DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Law FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 McLaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis