# Lawford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lawford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 107 |
| US rank (2010) | 152,628 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,885,472 people |
| Change since 2000 | -24.1% (141 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɔːfə(ɹ)d/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Lealla + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lawford in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lawford in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Lawford

- Peter Lawford, British actor (1923–1984)
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (1924-2006); younger sister of John F. Kennedy
- Christopher Lawford, American actor, author, activist (1955-2018)
- Betty Lawford, British actress (1912-1960)

## Similar surnames

Lyford, Laborde, Lipford, Lafferty, Laporte, Lippert, Leverett, Liberty, Leverette, Laverty, Liberatore, Leopard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.