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 | 39 |
Buckinghamshire | 74 |
Berkshire | 67 |
Cambridgeshire | 92 |
Channel Islands | 2 |
Cheshire | 171 |
Cornwall | 14 |
Cumberland | 120 |
Derbyshire | 54 |
Devon | 124 |
Dorset | 28 |
Durham | 325 |
Essex | 671 |
Gloucestershire | 105 |
Hampshire | 105 |
Herefordshire | 34 |
Hertfordshire | 225 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 16 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 422 |
Lancashire | 2,680 |
Leicestershire | 197 |
Lincolnshire | 99 |
London | 1,433 |
Middlesex | 391 |
Northumberland | 144 |
Norfolk | 24 |
Northamptonshire | 578 |
Nottinghamshire | 139 |
Oxfordshire | 16 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 16 |
Shropshire | 68 |
Suffolk | 40 |
Somerset | 31 |
Surrey | 165 |
Sussex | 133 |
Staffordshire | 915 |
Warwickshire | 341 |
Westmorland | 16 |
Wiltshire | 142 |
Worcestershire | 248 |
Yorkshire | 2,233 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 7 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 15 |
Carmarthenshire | 23 |
Denbighshire | 2 |
Flintshire | 10 |
Glamorgan | 125 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 85 |
Pembrokeshire | 10 |
Radnorshire | 4 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
---|---|
School | 1,172 |
Cotton Weaver | 162 |
Private Means | 118 |
Farm Labourer | 116 |
General Labourer | 76 |
Labourer | 75 |
General Servant (domestic) | 62 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 56 |
Farmer | 54 |
Weaver | 51 |
Clerk | 50 |
Housekeeper | 48 |
At Home | 46 |
None | 46 |
Weaver Cotton | 43 |
Dressmaker | 38 |
Domestic Servant | 37 |
House Painter | 36 |
Shop Assistant | 35 |
Butcher | 34 |
Scholar | 32 |
House Keeper | 29 |
Charwoman | 28 |
At School | 26 |
Assisting In The Business | 26 |
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.