Last Name LAWE

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Meaning Local: At the low, i.e. hill. The seeming plural form Lawes represents the common tendency to tack on an 's' in monosyllabic local surnames: Styles, Oaks, Brooks, Sykes, Dykes, etc. Probably the patronymic 's,' as in Williams, Jones, etc. Also, 'the son of Lawrence,' from the nickname Law.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 65,492 (2000 US census) 70,904 (1990 US census)
Count 283 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 73.14%, or 207 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.49%, or 41 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 8.83%, or 25 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.77%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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