Lawler

Lawler is the 2,503rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 14,051 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 21,300.

By the numbers

People: 14,051
Rank: 2,503rd
How common: 1 in 21,300
Per 100,000: 4.7

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Lawler described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 86.5%
Black, not Hispanic 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Lawler

Jerry Lawler (born 1949)American professional wrestler and color commentator
Robbie Lawler (born 1982)retired American mixed martial artist
Chris Lawler (born 1943)English association football player
Greg Lawler (born 1955)American mathematician
Rod Lawler (born 1971)English snooker player

People named Lawler with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Lawler

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.