# Outlaw (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,901 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,991 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,687 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (8,365 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Outler, Outley |

## Etymology

From outlaw, a nickname for someone who no longer had the protection of the law.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Outlaw 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) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Outlaw in the United States.

## People named Outlaw

- Travis Outlaw, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Bo Outlaw, American basketball player (born 1971)

## Similar surnames

Odell, O'Toole, Odle, Otwell, Ottley, Otley.

## 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.