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The surname Lawhon

A surname, carried by 2,662 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L500

Lawhon: #11,767 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lawhon #11,767, 2,662 people Lawhon: #11,767 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lawhon #11,767, 2,662 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lawhon is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,662 people named Lawhon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,611.

#11,767
rank among US surnames
2,662
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #11,146)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,759Frahm2,664115,895
#11,764Boehmer2,663115,939
#11,767Pesina2,662115,983

Who is named Lawhon

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

93% of people named Lawhon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Lawhon?
2,662 people in the United States had the surname Lawhon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,983 Americans. It ranked 11,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lawhon?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lawhon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lawhon getting more or less common?
More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,662 in 2010, up 2.0%.