Surname distribution map and statistics for the surname LAW at the 1881 census.
Surname Distribution Map
Population With Surname LAW
Per 100,000 People
Over 200
175 - 200
150 - 175
125 - 150
100 - 125
75 - 100
50 - 75
25 - 50
0 - 25
0
Great Britain Data Table
| Location | Country | Population With Surname LAW | Population With Surname LAW Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location | Great Britain Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire (BDF) | England | 40 | 26.8 | 813th | 0.587 |
| Buckinghamshire (BKM) | England | 62 | 35.2 | 591st | 0.772 |
| Berkshire (BRK) | England | 28 | 12.8 | 1,324th | 0.281 |
| Cambridgeshire (CAM) | England | 145 | 78.1 | 231st | 1.71 |
| Cheshire (CHS) | England | 113 | 17.5 | 1,012th | 0.385 |
| Cornwall (CON) | England | 5 | 1.5 | 4,240th | 0.0332 |
| Cumberland (CUL) | England | 125 | 49.9 | 338th | 1.09 |
| Derbyshire (DBY) | England | 43 | 9.3 | 1,563rd | 0.204 |
| Devon (DEV) | England | 84 | 13.9 | 1,309th | 0.305 |
| Dorset (DOR) | England | 5 | 2.6 | 3,438th | 0.0574 |
| Durham (DUR) | England | 222 | 25.6 | 614th | 0.562 |
| Essex (ESS) | England | 443 | 76.9 | 197th | 1.69 |
| Gloucestershire (GLS) | England | 107 | 18.7 | 876th | 0.410 |
| Hampshire (HAM) | England | 79 | 13.3 | 1,298th | 0.292 |
| Herefordshire (HEF) | England | 32 | 26.4 | 560th | 0.580 |
| Hertfordshire (HRT) | England | 72 | 35.5 | 546th | 0.778 |
| Huntingdonshire (HUN) | England | 14 | 23.5 | 911th | 0.517 |
| Kent (KEN) | England | 362 | 37.0 | 465th | 0.813 |
| Lancashire (LAN) | England | 2,461 | 71.2 | 248th | 1.56 |
| Leicestershire (LEI) | England | 137 | 42.6 | 463rd | 0.936 |
| Lincolnshire (LIN) | England | 76 | 16.2 | 1,181st | 0.355 |
| Middlesex (MDX) | England | 970 | 33.2 | 421st | 0.729 |
| Northumberland (NBL) | England | 44 | 10.1 | 1,333rd | 0.222 |
| Norfolk (NFK) | England | 15 | 3.4 | 3,311th | 0.0740 |
| Northamptonshire (NTH) | England | 480 | 176.1 | 74th | 3.87 |
| Nottinghamshire (NTT) | England | 43 | 11.0 | 1,501st | 0.241 |
| Oxfordshire (OXF) | England | 22 | 12.3 | 1,429th | 0.269 |
| Rutland (R) | England | 5 | 23.3 | 784th | 0.512 |
| Shropshire (SAL) | England | 54 | 21.8 | 759th | 0.478 |
| Suffolk (SFK) | England | 16 | 4.5 | 2,642nd | 0.0984 |
| Somerset (SOM) | England | 46 | 9.8 | 1,701st | 0.215 |
| Surrey (SRY) | England | 410 | 28.5 | 516th | 0.626 |
| Sussex (SSX) | England | 73 | 14.9 | 1,165th | 0.327 |
| Staffordshire (STS) | England | 664 | 67.7 | 260th | 1.49 |
| Warwickshire (WAR) | England | 289 | 39.2 | 420th | 0.860 |
| Westmorland (WES) | England | 22 | 34.3 | 556th | 0.752 |
| Wiltshire (WIL) | England | 89 | 34.4 | 619th | 0.754 |
| Worcestershire (WOR) | England | 139 | 36.6 | 490th | 0.802 |
| Yorkshire (YKS) | England | 1,973 | 68.4 | 244th | 1.50 |
| Aberdeenshire (ABD) | Scotland | 465 | 173.8 | 128th | 3.82 |
| Angus (ANS) | Scotland | 318 | 119.5 | 165th | 2.62 |
| Argyll (ARL) | Scotland | 71 | 93.5 | 169th | 2.05 |
| Ayrshire (AYR) | Scotland | 229 | 105.6 | 197th | 2.32 |
| Banffshire (BAN) | Scotland | 7 | 11.2 | 718th | 0.245 |
| Berwickshire (BEW) | Scotland | 9 | 25.4 | 590th | 0.558 |
| Bute (B) | Scotland | 14 | 80.1 | 227th | 1.76 |
| Caithness (CAI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire (C) | Scotland | 14 | 54.6 | 310th | 1.20 |
| Dumfriesshire (DFS) | Scotland | 36 | 47.3 | 304th | 1.04 |
| Dunbartonshire (D) | Scotland | 56 | 74.5 | 279th | 1.64 |
| East Lothian (ELN) | Scotland | 46 | 119.6 | 196th | 2.62 |
| Fife (FIF) | Scotland | 237 | 138.4 | 173rd | 3.04 |
| Inverness-shire (INV) | Scotland | 13 | 14.6 | 414th | 0.320 |
| Kincardineshire (KCD) | Scotland | 41 | 119.0 | 183rd | 2.61 |
| Kirkcudbrightshire (KKD) | Scotland | 18 | 42.8 | 420th | 0.939 |
| Kinross-shire (K) | Scotland | 14 | 209.0 | 146th | 4.59 |
| Lanarkshire (LKS) | Scotland | 803 | 88.9 | 222nd | 1.95 |
| Midlothian (MLN) | Scotland | 471 | 121.8 | 141st | 2.67 |
| Moray (MOR) | Scotland | 25 | 57.1 | 258th | 1.25 |
| Nairnshire (N) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Orkney (OKI) | Scotland | 1 | 3.1 | 813th | 0.0687 |
| Peeblesshire (PEE) | Scotland | 16 | 115.8 | 202nd | 2.54 |
| Perthshire (PER) | Scotland | 94 | 73.0 | 260th | 1.60 |
| Renfrewshire (RFW) | Scotland | 221 | 84.2 | 210th | 1.85 |
| Ross and Cromarty (ROC) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Roxburghshire (ROX) | Scotland | 32 | 59.9 | 291st | 1.31 |
| Selkirkshire (SEL) | Scotland | 16 | 62.6 | 312th | 1.37 |
| Shetland (SHI) | Scotland | 15 | 50.9 | 201st | 1.12 |
| Stirlingshire (STI) | Scotland | 62 | 55.3 | 328th | 1.21 |
| Sutherland (SUT) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wigtownshire (WIG) | Scotland | 5 | 13.0 | 1,113th | 0.285 |
| West Lothian (W) | Scotland | 88 | 204.0 | 90th | 4.48 |
| Anglesey (AGY) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brecknockshire (BRE) | Wales | 3 | 5.2 | 1,233rd | 0.114 |
| Caernarfonshire (CAE) | Wales | 2 | 1.7 | 1,276th | 0.0368 |
| Cardiganshire (CGN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire (CMN) | Wales | 20 | 16.0 | 233rd | 0.352 |
| Denbighshire (DEN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Flintshire (F) | Wales | 11 | 13.6 | 566th | 0.300 |
| Glamorgan (GLA) | Wales | 7 | 1.4 | 4,415th | 0.0300 |
| Merionethshire (MER) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire (MGY) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Monmouthshire (MON) | Wales | 33 | 15.6 | 685th | 0.343 |
| Pembrokeshire (PEM) | Wales | 9 | 9.8 | 636th | 0.215 |
| Radnorshire (RAD) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| England Total | — | 10,009 | 41.0 | 346th | 0.900 |
| Scotland Total | — | 3,437 | 92.3 | 192nd | 2.03 |
| Wales Total | — | 85 | 5.4 | 1,069th | 0.119 |
| Great Britain Total | — | 13,531 | 45.6 | 301st | — |
Channel Islands Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname LAW | Population With Surname LAW Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey (GSY) | 4 | 11.3 | 1,332nd |
| Jersey (JSY) | 4 | 7.6 | 2,104th |
| Channel Islands Total | 8 | 9.1 | 1,677th |
Isle of Man Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname LAW | Population With Surname LAW Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man (IOM) | 0 | 0 | — |