Lawley is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lawley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: A place in the hundred of Blackburn, Shropshire, from Law, low, and ley, a place, lea or pasture

How popular is Lawley?

Lawley is common in England.

Lawley is ranked 71647 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lawleies plummeted by 2.343417 per cent to 2292 since 2000 and slipped by 1138 spots and ranked at 13306. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.19 92.84
Hispanic or Latino 2.62 1.79
Black 2.53 2.13
Others 1.92 1.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.13 1.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.72
Lawley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 6251 people have been found who wears Lawley as their family name. Lawley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
1,500,361 India2
139,444 Brazil2
34,681 Norway2
35,969 Denmark2
19,046 Ireland2
91,784 Netherlands2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
20,595 China2
219,873 France2
10,683 Cyprus1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
37,779 Serbia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
28,365 Kenya1
19,533 Uruguay1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,613 The Bahamas1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
95,259 Italy45
68,343 Spain23
699 Isle of Man21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,116 New Zealand59
Countries with hundreds of Lawley:
10,727 Canada366
10,468 Australia266
24,304 South Africa237
71,225 Germany134
3,358 Wales113
Countries with thousands of Lawley:
11,873 United States3,000
3,951 England1,909
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old maid Maria Lawley who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on March 27, 1846 by Shenandoah put out from Liverpool. 13 years old Thomas Lawley, Margaret Lawley, aged 20, Ellen Lawley, aged 12, Bridget Lawley (11) Maid, Ellen Lawley, aged 16, 18 years old Margt. Lawley, Workman John Lawley, 24 years old Pat Lawley, and 5 other Lawley around 50% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Lawley Namesakes

  • Bev Lawley, Film producer
  • Robert Lawley, 1st Baron Wenlock, Politician
  • Robyn Lawley, Model
  • Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet, Politician
  • Yvonne Lawley, Actor
  • Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet, Politician
  • Izzy Lawley, Kian Lawley's sister
  • Kian Lawley, Actor
  • Kian Lawley, Actor
  • Robyn Lawley, Model

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