Law Name Meaning: From the Old English word 'hlaw' which means hill or burial mound
This surname was first found in the Scottish-English border region & the Law family lived near a hill. Law was probably a shortened form of Lawrence, a personal name originating from Middle English & Old French 'Lorens & Laurence'
Discover how your Law ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 37 |
Buckinghamshire | 80 |
Berkshire | 23 |
Cambridgeshire | 64 |
Channel Islands | 12 |
Cheshire | 126 |
Cornwall | 2 |
Cumberland | 81 |
Derbyshire | 48 |
Devon | 98 |
Dorset | 32 |
Durham | 235 |
Essex | 397 |
Gloucestershire | 108 |
Hampshire | 68 |
Herefordshire | 23 |
Hertfordshire | 159 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 14 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 317 |
Lancashire | 2,242 |
Leicestershire | 133 |
Lincolnshire | 64 |
London | 1,337 |
Middlesex | 162 |
Northumberland | 63 |
Norfolk | 9 |
Northamptonshire | 452 |
Nottinghamshire | 65 |
Oxfordshire | 52 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 14 |
Shropshire | 45 |
Suffolk | 22 |
Somerset | 38 |
Surrey | 117 |
Sussex | 86 |
Staffordshire | 642 |
Warwickshire | 246 |
Westmorland | 24 |
Wiltshire | 95 |
Worcestershire | 129 |
Yorkshire | 2,056 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 3 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 2 |
Carmarthenshire | 28 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 54 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 29 |
Pembrokeshire | 15 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
Scholar | 1,551 |
Cotton Weaver | 281 |
Agricultural Labourer | 138 |
General Labourer | 106 |
Coal Miner | 97 |
Living On Own Means | 88 |
Dress Maker | 85 |
Labourer | 81 |
Farmer | 68 |
Domestic Servant | 62 |
Living On Her Own Means | 61 |
Farm Labourer | 57 |
General Servant | 44 |
House Keeper | 41 |
General Servant Domestic | 39 |
Butcher | 35 |
Carter | 32 |
Cotton Spinner | 31 |
Gardener | 28 |
Clerk | 28 |
Tailor | 27 |
Joiner | 27 |
Shoe Maker | 24 |
Grocer | 24 |
Weaver Cotton | 24 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Law | 4,752 |
John Law | 4,497 |
William Law | 4,258 |
James Law | 2,992 |
Elizabeth Law | 2,848 |
Sarah Law | 2,833 |
George Law | 2,261 |
Thomas Law | 2,222 |
Ann Law | 1,602 |
Joseph Law | 1,288 |
Jane Law | 1,241 |
Robert Law | 1,238 |
Charles Law | 1,212 |
Alice Law | 1,195 |
Henry Law | 1,171 |
Hannah Law | 1,027 |
Eliza Law | 982 |
Emma Law | 918 |
Ellen Law | 909 |
Annie Law | 904 |
Samuel Law | 885 |
Alfred Law | 781 |
Edward Law | 775 |
Margaret Law | 741 |
Emily Law | 721 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Lowe | 50% | 151,069 |
2 | Law | 100% | 73,191 |
3 | Low | 67% | 18,910 |
4 | Lawe | 75% | 4,095 |
5 | Lew | 67% | 1,006 |
6 | Lewe | 50% | 327 |
7 | La Roche | 25% | 240 |
8 | Lewi | 50% | 148 |
9 | Loewe | 40% | 148 |
10 | La Mare | 29% | 141 |
11 | Lowie | 40% | 122 |
The surname Law is the 2nd most popular variant of Lowe.