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Law

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There are 25,881 people with the last name "Law" in the United States.

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Law 1,022
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  1. is 1,018th most common Workman
  2. is 1,019th most common Cotton
  3. is 1,020th most common Craft
  4. is 1,021st most common Richter
  5. is 1,022nd most common Law
  6. is 1,023rd most common Bautista
  7. is 1,024th most common Barlow
  8. is 1,025th most common Valenzuela
  9. is 1,026th most common Huynh

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lau, Lay, La, Lai, Low, Lew, Lao, Lah, Liw, Lae

Most Common First Names for Law

John, James, Robert, David, William, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

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Law

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’).

    • FOREBEARS Richard Law emigrated from England to America in 1638. In 1641 he was one of the founders of Stamford, CT.Others of the Law family were born in Milford, CT: Jonathan (b. 1674), who was governor 1741–50, Richard (b. 1733), a revolutionary patriot and jurist; and Andrew (b. 1748/49), a composer of sacred music.

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