Law is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Law
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: A hill. Laye, old French, a hill

How popular is Law?

Law is common in China.

Law is ranked 490 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Law bearers increased by 3.954693 per cent in 2010 US census to 32122 since 2000, the surname slipped by 52 spots and ranked at 1089. The last name was found in around 109 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.61 68.5
Black 15.63 15.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 14.22 13.17
Others 2.08 1.61
Hispanic or Latino 2.07 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.33
Law is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Hong Kong is ahead in terms of density. Around 1011543 people have been found who wears Law as their family name. Law is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,441 Georgia8
20,525 Mauritania8
739 Madagascar7
10,935 Armenia5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,391 Guyana5
1,380 Libya4
59,967 Moldova4
8,926 Cameroon3
6,989 Uganda3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
11,392 Slovakia3
3,224 Afghanistan3
7,683 Latvia3
1,718 Yemen3
4,881 Oman3
722 Saint Lucia3
2,794 El Salvador2
14,621 Croatia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
5,817 Albania2
5,298 Botswana2
549 Seychelles2
3,871 Paraguay2
900 Laos2
1,834 Malta2
443 Bhutan2
5,300 Syria2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,472 The Bahamas2
3,670 Mozambique2
2,877 Cuba1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,724 New Caledonia1
7,314 Bolivia1
801 Cape Verde1
5,872 Namibia1
746 Dominica1
480 Micronesia1
510 East Timor1
6,967 Macedonia1
7,198 Maldives1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
799 British Virgin Islands1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
4,435 Togo1
846 American Samoa1
353 Cook Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
1,179 Swaziland1
6,820 Angola1
3,243 Suriname1
2,190 Barbados1
7,790 Zambia1
2,505 Congo1
586 San Marino1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
1,879 Belize1
4,171 Rwanda1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
16,283 Lithuania1
613 Central African Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,527 Denmark44
221 Bermuda41
2,000 Japan40
2,363 Senegal39
6,551 Qatar39
56,036 Kazakhstan38
2,399 Costa Rica33
21,901 Chile27
838 Guam24
2,015 Iceland19
50,826 Zimbabwe19
54,540 Czech Republic18
1,163 Jersey17
564 South Korea15
718 Grenada15
20,800 Serbia15
72,915 Belarus11
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
18,065 Belgium97
2,344 Puerto Rico95
1,911 Trinidad and Tobago91
9,536 Finland72
11,471 Norway66
4,082 Estonia61
7,402 Portugal55
1,892 Cyprus52
Countries with hundreds of Law:
1,819 Benin937
375 Northern Ireland882
6,252 Kenya863
504 Wales722
18,557 Brazil700
10,591 Turkey699
9,886 Poland621
748 Mongolia606
8,541 Morocco604
20,738 Indonesia548
9,251 Mexico523
2,079 United Arab Emirates505
206 Thailand488
100 Brunei437
36,057 Russia418
2,797 Israel412
974 Panama408
426 Mauritius401
5,174 Sri Lanka391
15,335 Algeria357
9,619 Netherlands292
35,595 Italy246
2,561 Lebanon230
9,402 Romania230
16,105 Spain201
2,355 Ireland191
6,292 Switzerland189
4,607 Ecuador184
152 French Polynesia178
2,214 Kuwait174
1,227 Nicaragua173
722 Fiji170
7,168 Hungary164
8,140 Austria157
9,538 Venezuela151
36,497 Ukraine145
4,112 Bulgaria140
36,751 Argentina134
7,748 Tunisia132
11,811 Peru128
7,573 Sweden123
6,495 Jordan123
33,673 Tanzania109
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Law:
528 Canada8,612
438 Vietnam7,949
397 Australia7,288
1,370 Ethiopia6,696
117 Singapore5,127
2,039 Pakistan4,652
2,841 Philippines4,382
2,358 Bangladesh4,125
1,723 South Africa3,835
1,126 Iraq3,798
209 Scotland3,511
2,912 Egypt2,758
278 Taiwan2,492
19,023 India2,226
4,735 Germany1,916
333 New Zealand1,780
1,886 Ghana1,757
5,947 France1,445
1,132 Cambodia1,368
8,161 Iran1,126
94 Macau1,020
3,502 Saudi Arabia1,000
Countries with ten thousands of Law:
26 Hong Kong54,345
114 Malaysia36,096
1,062 United States35,520
337 England18,343
307 Myanmar11,572
2,302 Nigeria10,851
Countries with hundred thousands of Law:
159 China749,074
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old maid Betty Law who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 7, 1846 by Sheridan put out from Liverpool. Elizabeth Law, aged 22, Bernard Law (36) Workman, Dortha Law (23) Maid, Joseph Law, aged 23, Charles Law (21) Immigrant, Immigrant Catherine Law, Mary Law, aged 19, Infant Kate Law, and 58 other Law around 45% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, shoemaker migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and London.

Comments

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Cristobal Diehl
 The origin of the name is Anglo-Saxon etymology comes from the word meaning law legislation this nickname indicates the social function of an ancestor: lawyer.
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Anonymous 7th December 2023 , 9:41 PM
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Law Namesakes

    Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
  • Abass Lawal, Soccer player
  • Oladimeji Lawal, Soccer player
  • Adeshina Lawal, Soccer player
  • Abbott Lawrence, American Politician
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Actress
  • Abigail Lawrie, Actress
  • Abigail Lawrie, Actress
  • Mudashiru Lawal, Soccer player
  • Walter C. Lawson, Lawyer
  • Steve Lawrence, Computer scientist
  • Hayley Law characterized the leading role of Nikki Morrison in 2018 comedy and drama flick The New Romantic.
  • In 2018, Allison Law played the role of Best Friend in thriller film The Girl on the Beach.
  • In 2016 drama film, PG lin oi ji yin, Vivian Law portrayed Vivian.
  • In 1994, Jacqueline Law played the role of N in drama film Xin qiao lang jun.
  • Yun-ping Law characterized critical character of N in 1982 adventure, drama film Quan ji xiao ji.

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