Last Name LAW

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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. A hill � also an abbreviation of Lawrence. A hill. 'Laye,' old French, a hill.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Chinese, Belgian

Rank	1,037 (2000 US census)	1,088 (1990 US census)

Count	30,900 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

68.5%, or 21166 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.12%, or 4672 total occurrences, as black,
13.17%, or 4070 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.33%, or 102 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.61%, or 497 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.28%, or 396 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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