How common is the last name Lawson?

114,522 people in the United States have the last name Lawson, about 1 in 2,610. It ranks #267 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAWSON

#267

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
114,522
About
1 in 2,610
This common or more
25.4%
Who bears it

Of the 114,522 people with the last name Lawson, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 20.4% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lawson

#265 Carr · 115,016#266 Jacobs · 114,905#268 Jensen · 114,314#269 Lynch · 114,010

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,879 Lacson · 1,281#27,480 Layson · 929#30,500 Laxson · 820#88,273 Lason · 226#89,231 Lasson · 223#152,989 Lauson · 105

Also a first name

As a first name, Lawson ranks #2,303 of 53,615, with 11,171 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 929 births. See Lawson as a first name

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