Lawford is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lawford
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Means the person who comes from a place called English as well (including name of a town on Essex). The second element ("Ford") has the meaning "ford", the first person is a former name.

How popular is Lawford?

Lawford is common in England.

Lawford is ranked 168241 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lawfords plummeted by 24.11348 per cent to 107 since 2000 and slipped by 37776 spots and ranked at 152628. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.9 83.69
Black 21.5 12.06
Hispanic or Latino 4.67 0
Lawford is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 2165 people have been found who wears Lawford as their family name. Lawford is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
21,529 Singapore2
40,256 Mexico2
5,139 Bolivia2
4,231 Jamaica2
12,172 Ghana2
1,704,541 India1
18,969 Wales1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
1,572 Macau1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
277,603 France1
91,024 Belgium1
169,904 Brazil1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,564 New Zealand50
9,780 Scotland46
95,259 Italy45
8,504 Ireland33
28,338 Norway20
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Lawford:
6,183 Australia470
97,076 United States234
22,481 Canada156
Countries with thousands of Lawford:
6,905 England1,006
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jane Lawford worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on James H. Shepherd and arrived on October 2, 1850. Farmer Jno. Lawford, 28 years old Mrs Lawford, 33 years old Mary Lawford, Immigrant Thomas Lawford, are others that migrated to US.

Lawford Namesakes

  • Peter Lawford, Actor
  • Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford, Movie star
  • Peter Lawford, Actor
  • Christopher Lawford, Author
  • Peter Lawford, Actor
  • Christopher Lawford, Author
  • Christopher Lawford, Author
  • Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Socialite
  • Peter Lawford, Actor
  • Christopher Lawford, Author

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