How common is the surname Lawhead?

1,508 people in the United States had the surname Lawhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,738 Americans. It ranked 18,366th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lawhead getting more or less common?

More common. 1,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,508 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Lawhead

A surname, carried by 1,508 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lawhead is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Compare Laughead.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,508 people named Lawhead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,738 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,485.

#18,366

rank among US surnames

1,508

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,494)

Who is named Lawhead

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Lawhead identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Lawhead come from?: Compare Laughead.
How common is the surname Lawhead?: 1,508 people in the United States had the surname Lawhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,738 Americans. It ranked 18,366th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lawhead?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lawhead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Lawhead getting more or less common?: More common. 1,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,508 in 2010, up 1.5%.