Last Name LAWLESS

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Meaning	Nickname: The lawless, uncontrolled, unrestrained. "Lah-lios." Gaelic, 'Lagh,' law, order, and 'lios,' a court, a hall, a fortress, a place where law is administered. 'Lau,' Cornish British, praise, and 'lis,' a court. 'Lawless,' an outlaw.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,689 (2000 US census)	3,825 (1990 US census)

Count	8,833 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.52%, or 8172 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.75%, or 331 total occurrences, as black,
0.41%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.62%, or 55 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.27%, or 112 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 127 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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