as a Last Name
- 33,539
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Law
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern English: 1. from a Middle English short form of Lawrence. 2. topographic name for someone who lived near a hill, northern Middle English law (from Old English hlāw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’).
| 1,047th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 33,539
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Law per capita
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