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    The surname Lawry

    A surname, carried by 1,263 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Lawry: #20,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lawry #20,871, 1,263 people Lawry: #20,871 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lawry #20,871, 1,263 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lawry is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    English and Irish surname, probably from a pet form of Lawrence. See Lawrie.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,263 people named Lawry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,204.

    #20,871
    rank among US surnames
    1,263
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,484)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,864Cadieux1,264244,261
    #20,871Gauntt1,263244,454

    Who is named Lawry

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

    81% of people named Lawry identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lawry

    Lawry has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lawry come from?
    English and Irish surname, probably from a pet form of Lawrence. See Lawrie.
    How common is the surname Lawry?
    1,263 people in the United States had the surname Lawry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. It ranked 20,871st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lawry?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Lawry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lawry getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,263 in 2010, up 4.9%.