Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Noord-Holland (112)
- Zuid-Holland (86)
- Gelderland (59)
- Overijssel (44)
- Drenthe (43)
- Limburg (35)
- Utrecht (34)
- Noord-Brabant (31)
- Groningen (28)
- Zeeland (24)
- Fryslân | Friesland (19)
All countries
- United Kingdom (193,123)
- United States (100,189)
- Australia (11,643)
- New Zealand (9,558)
- Ireland (4,543)
- Canada (3,988)
- France (3,126)
- Unknown country (1,758)
- Netherlands (1,183)
- Switzerland (497)
- Sweden (413)
- Germany (390)
- Belgium (330)
- Italy (299)
- India (217)
- Argentina (174)
- Colombia (156)
- Spain (140)
- Egypt (138)
- Denmark (128)
- Norway (118)
- Trinidad and Tobago (118)
- Indonesia (99)
- Russian Federation (92)
- Togo (85)
- Mexico (82)
- China (78)
- Turkey (77)
- South Africa (67)
- Jamaica (56)
- Greece (50)
- Benin (47)
- Poland (45)
- Austria (42)
- Brazil (30)
- Peru (30)
- Paraguay (30)
- Czech republic (29)
- Portugal (28)
- Malta (27)
Origine of last name
LAWSON : 1: Scottish and northern English: patronymic ‘son of Lawrence’; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Law">Law</a> 1. It is also found in Ireland since the 17th century.2: Americanized form of Swedish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Larsson">Larsson</a> and Danish Norwegian or North German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Larsen">Larsen</a>.
Learn more