Lawe is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lawe
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lawe

How popular is Lawe?

Lawe is ranked 146993 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lawe bearers increased by 2.826855 per cent in 2010 US census to 291 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2255 spots and ranked at 67747. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.26 73.14
Black 20.27 14.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 9.62 8.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.75 0
Lawe is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Indonesia. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cayman Islands. Around 2579 people have been found who wears Lawe as their family name. Lawe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
38,459 New Zealand7
2,480 Malawi5
381,097 Ukraine4
70,383 Tanzania3
1,647 Fiji3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
15,591 Burkina Faso2
40,064 Nigeria2
26,123 Malaysia2
5,318 Iraq2
21,529 Singapore2
13,606 Senegal1
107,212 South Africa1
1,704,541 India1
38,063 Mauritania1
169,904 Brazil1
38,841 Scotland1
16,073 Latvia1
28,365 Kenya1
734 Chad1
10,958 Bangladesh1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,183 Zimbabwe49
85,726 Canada32
109,551 Australia13
Countries with hundreds of Lawe:
13,749 Indonesia887
6,268 Cameroon496
5,685 Ghana479
69,506 United States355
38,707 England108
2,171 Jamaica107
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Lawe worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Guy Mannering and arrived on June 16, 1851.

Lawe Namesakes

  • Kaitlyn Lawes, Curler
  • Bronagh Lawe, Actress
  • Courtney Lawes, Rugby Player
  • Ben Lawes, Cricket Player
  • Kaitlyn Lawes, Curler
  • William C. Lawe, Sailor
  • Bronagh Lawe, Actress
  • Maeve Lawe, Actress
  • Marlon Lawe, Cinematographer
  • Stephen Lawe, Football defensive end

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