Lawley meaning | Last name Lawley origin

Following is the meaning of Lawley surname. Family name Lawley is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
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

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

Lawley is common in England country(ies).

Lawley is ranked 71647 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lawley

How popular is Lawley?

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
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Immigrants to US

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.

Celebrities having Lawley surname

Bev Lawley Film producer
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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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