Lawer is used as a family name or surname in Ghana. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lawer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ghana
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lawer

How popular is Lawer?

Lawer is common in Ghana.

Lawer is ranked 77697 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lawer bearers increased by 0.4115226 per cent in 2010 US census to 244 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4152 spots and ranked at 78316. 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 77.46 84.77
Black 18.03 11.52
Lawer is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ghana which signifies that it is originated from Ghana. Around 5686 people have been found who wears Lawer as their family name. Lawer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
46,707 New Zealand5
14,054 China3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
3,752 Iraq3
118,441 Germany2
24,766 Scotland2
12,844 Pakistan2
18,718 Thailand2
10,183 Jordan2
21,929 Algeria2
82,478 South Africa2
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
277,603 France1
165,773 Belarus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
9,116 Nicaragua1
120,357 Argentina1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
4,942 Libya1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
2,057 Myanmar1
47,891 Norway1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
12,270 Lebanon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
282,307 Russia27
124,653 Canada20
94,051 Kazakhstan19
447,508 India18
15,050 Singapore18
14,528 Mauritania13
78,557 Netherlands13
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with hundreds of Lawer:
7,880 Egypt715
81,191 United States292
16,478 Australia160
32,841 England134
75,313 Indonesia112
Countries with thousands of Lawer:
863 Ghana4,074
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Lawer worked as spinster and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Roscius and arrived on June 15, 1846. 18 years old John Lawer, Jas. Lawer, aged 22, are others that migrated to US.

Lawer Namesakes

  • N. Lawerence, Author
  • Constance Lawerence, Actress

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