Lawson
114,522 people in the United States were counted with the surname Lawson in the 2020 census, making it the 267th most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,610.
By the numbers
- People
- 114,522
- Rank
- 267th
- How common
- 1 in 2,610
- Per 100,000
- 38.3
Where the name comes from
Origin a patronymic
As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence, " from Lawrence +. Compare Law, Laws.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Lawson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Lawson
- Liam Lawson (born 2002)New Zealand motor racing driver
- Nigella Lawson (born 1960)English food writer and television cook
- Nigel Lawson (1932–2023)British peer and politician
- Bianca Lawson (born 1979)American actress
- Henry Lawson (1867–1922)Australian writer and poet
- Maggie Lawson (born 1980)American actress
- Ty Lawson (born 1987)American basketball player
- Louisa Lawson (1848–1920)Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist
People named Lawson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Lawson
Also a first name
Lawson has been given to 19,138 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2021. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
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.