Last Name LAWRENCE

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Meaning	The son of Laurence. This saint of universal popularity has made a deep impression upon English nomenclature: Law, Lawson, Lowrie, Laurie, Larkin, Larrett, etc. Flourishing. Flourishing, spreading, from 'Laurus,' the laurel-tree. Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England, accompanied Richard I to the Holy Land, 1191.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Indian, French, Polish, Chilean, Irish, Belgian, South african, Guam

Rank	219 (2000 US census)	192 (1990 US census)

Count	124,321 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.93%, or 89424 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.12%, or 28743 total occurrences, as black,
0.58%, or 721 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.91%, or 1131 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.81%, or 2250 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.65%, or 2051 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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