How common is the last name Lawrence?

124,450 people in the United States have the last name Lawrence, about 1 in 2,402. It ranks #246 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAWRENCE

#246

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
124,450
About
1 in 2,402
This common or more
24.5%
Who bears it

Of the 124,450 people with the last name Lawrence, 65.5% reported their origin as White, 24.3% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lawrence

#244 Sandoval · 124,812#245 Hoffman · 124,557#247 Carpenter · 124,364#248 Greene · 122,836

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lawrence, most common first.

#10,856 Laurence · 2,803#33,067 Lawrenz · 743#33,463 Lawrance · 733#61,001 Larance · 356#65,003 Laurance · 330#86,747 Lawerance · 231#89,848 Lawernce · 221#98,131 Larrance · 198

Also a first name

As a first name, Lawrence ranks #234 of 53,615, with 240,687 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1952, with 10,336 births. See Lawrence as a first name

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