Lawrence is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lawrence
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: Flourishin, spreading, from Laurus, the laurel-tree. Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England, accompanied Richard I to the Holy Land, 1191

How popular is Lawrence?

Lawrence is common in United States.

Lawrence is ranked 1437 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lawrence bearers increased by 4.325898 per cent in 2010 US census to 129699 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 232. The last name was found in around 440 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.87 71.93
Black 24.65 23.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.65
Others 2.3 1.81
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.93 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.58
Lawrence is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ahead in terms of density. Around 372097 people have been found who wears Lawrence as their family name. Lawrence is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
1,945 Taiwan9
28,661 Serbia8
2,448 Zambia8
4,314 Bangladesh7
1,985 Afghanistan7
23,950 Georgia6
144,389 Kazakhstan6
9,053 Senegal5
2,028 Vietnam5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
59,967 Moldova4
734 Myanmar4
25,074 Greece3
22,232 Morocco3
2,935 Angola3
2,672 Mozambique3
3,707 Malawi3
3,752 Iraq3
169 Micronesia3
23,165 Romania3
8,993 Tunisia3
19,093 Finland2
35 Tuvalu2
7,299 Estonia2
5,139 Bolivia2
20,837 Venezuela2
1,151 Brunei2
18,035 Egypt2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
2,794 El Salvador2
1,333 Guam2
10,183 Jordan2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
10,395 Latvia2
931 Sierra Leone2
1,351 Lesotho2
2,744 Rwanda2
631 Swaziland2
5,671 Guatemala2
2,705 Togo2
568 The Gambia2
846 American Samoa1
19,810 Croatia1
31,584 Peru1
4,249 Cambodia1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,275 Nepal1
5,924 Paraguay1
6,033 Benin1
2,333 Montenegro1
7,847 Albania1
3,214 Niger1
2,040 Mali1
2,309 Monaco1
2,877 Cuba1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
6,149 Ethiopia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
573 Vanuatu1
8,371 Syria1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,952 Yemen1
5,467 Haiti1
24,460 Armenia1
5,589 Sudan1
29,595 Iran1
24,421 Slovakia1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,057 Isle of Man1
880 Djibouti1
215 Palau1
1,819 Laos1
1,254 Gibraltar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,273 Luxembourg46
8,316 Portugal46
890 Iceland44
1,228 China39
45,673 Philippines38
8,111 Sri Lanka34
8,793 Cameroon31
2,563 Nicaragua31
725 Malta31
7,454 Pakistan31
142 Turks and Caicos Islands27
2,887 Japan25
167 British Virgin Islands25
4,647 Thailand21
7,027 Kuwait21
13,132 Qatar21
49,545 Belarus20
10,383 Burkina Faso20
24,243 Saudi Arabia19
75 Anguilla16
602 South Korea14
4,703 Oman13
3,971 Bahrain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,080 Denmark98
10,596 Colombia87
16 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha83
109 Jersey83
89,719 Germany81
65,656 Ukraine72
493 The Bahamas70
153 Bermuda56
138 Guernsey55
120 Cayman Islands55
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Lawrence:
6,302 Mexico890
11,820 France784
212 Guyana593
633 Namibia529
1,191 Ireland486
8,335 Spain470
672 Hong Kong427
1,054 Singapore426
779 Northern Ireland417
1,362 Honduras370
74 Saint Lucia347
1,124 Panama343
17,922 Poland334
3,207 Chile333
17 Dominica313
4,234 Switzerland279
4,721 Hungary262
7,423 Zimbabwe261
34,473 Italy258
1,581 Botswana251
11,454 Netherlands248
245 Barbados248
22,396 Turkey245
481 Fiji243
4,729 Israel236
43,679 Indonesia219
5,909 Austria210
326 Belize205
89 Grenada203
825 Costa Rica198
41 Saint Kitts and Nevis189
71,718 Russia180
48 United States Virgin Islands161
6,208 Sweden152
6,719 United Arab Emirates147
5,195 Norway144
36,751 Argentina134
4,793 Bulgaria117
766 Cyprus112
15,958 Belgium111
2,434 Mauritius109
104 Antigua and Barbuda107
212 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines105
Countries with thousands of Lawrence:
669 Tanzania7,601
11,072 India4,288
145 Papua New Guinea3,985
964 Malaysia3,465
134 New Zealand3,380
1,111 Ghana3,115
1,931 Kenya2,982
113 Wales2,404
348 Scotland2,369
402 Liberia1,607
118 Trinidad and Tobago1,517
11,999 Brazil1,129
Countries with ten thousands of Lawrence:
352 Nigeria68,012
124 England37,116
320 South Africa21,405
255 Canada14,915
161 Australia14,513
537 Uganda11,389
40 Jamaica10,298
Countries with hundred thousands of Lawrence:
220 United States142,609
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Lawrence was 21 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 16, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took John R Skiddy from Liverpool. Mary Lawrence, 24 years old Mary Lawrence, Smith George Lawrence, Hannah Lawrence (24) , George Lawrence (4), Eliza Lawrence, 40 years old W. Lawrence, Farmer Samuel Lawrence, John Lawrence (22) Workman, and 60 other Lawrence around 39.47% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and butcher, servant, spinster migrated to US.

Comments

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Lucille Shelley
Lawrence is a masculine first name is a derivative of laur precision: English form of a name is laurent laur masculine origin of the name is Latin his feast is celebrated July 21 / August 10 / November 14 etymology just laurus: laurel / symbol of glory in Greek.

Lawrence Namesakes

    Florence Lawrence, Canadian inventor and actress
    Caroline Lawrence, American writer born in London
  • Abbott Lawrence, American Politician
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Actress
  • Steve Lawrence, Computer scientist
  • John Lawrence, Politician
  • William Lawrence, Politician
  • Addison Lawrence, Football offensive lineman
  • Francis Lawrence Connors, Politician
  • Francis Lawrence, Film director
  • Francis Lawrence, Film director
  • Florence Lawrence, Film actress
  • Al Lawrence played small role of Al, Security Guy in 0 crime, drama flick Killer Eyes.
  • Lynn Lawrence played leading role of Lt. Lawrenz in 2018 action and drama film The Front.
  • In 2012, Jesse Lawrence played the role of Bryan Thompson in comedy and drama film The Winter of My Discontent.
  • In 2019, James Lawrence characterized the role of Sam Shears in thriller flick Shadows.
  • In 2012 documentary flick, Angels in Scrubs, Richard Lawrence played Narrator.
  • In 2018, Anna Lawrence played the role of Ellie in drama, romance film Chocolate Oyster.
  • Samantha Lawrence, from 2012 thriller flick The Cult, who characterized Ingrid.
  • In 2009 thriller film, Four Times, Kayleigh Lawrence played Abbie.
  • David Josh Lawrence, from 2019 action, thriller film Soul Hunters, who portrayed Eli.
  • Michael Lawrence, from 1948 drama, war flick Elizabeth of Ladymead, who played John Beresford in 1919.

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