Surname distribution map and statistics for the surname LAWS at the 1881 census.
Surname Distribution Map
Population With Surname LAWS
Per 100,000 People
Over 112
98 - 112
84 - 98
70 - 84
56 - 70
42 - 56
28 - 42
14 - 28
0 - 14
0
Great Britain Data Table
| Location | Country | Population With Surname LAWS | Population With Surname LAWS Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location | Great Britain Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire (BDF) | England | 3 | 2.0 | 4,035th | 0.179 |
| Buckinghamshire (BKM) | England | 4 | 2.3 | 4,250th | 0.202 |
| Berkshire (BRK) | England | 9 | 4.1 | 3,012th | 0.368 |
| Cambridgeshire (CAM) | England | 81 | 43.6 | 483rd | 3.89 |
| Cheshire (CHS) | England | 11 | 1.7 | 4,894th | 0.152 |
| Cornwall (CON) | England | 9 | 2.7 | 2,966th | 0.243 |
| Cumberland (CUL) | England | 27 | 10.8 | 1,310th | 0.961 |
| Derbyshire (DBY) | England | 3 | 0.6 | 9,192nd | 0.0580 |
| Devon (DEV) | England | 10 | 1.7 | 5,310th | 0.148 |
| Dorset (DOR) | England | 64 | 33.5 | 612th | 2.99 |
| Durham (DUR) | England | 535 | 61.7 | 245th | 5.51 |
| Essex (ESS) | England | 69 | 12.0 | 1,391st | 1.07 |
| Gloucestershire (GLS) | England | 12 | 2.1 | 4,722nd | 0.187 |
| Hampshire (HAM) | England | 142 | 23.9 | 770th | 2.14 |
| Herefordshire (HEF) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Hertfordshire (HRT) | England | 2 | 1.0 | 6,671st | 0.0879 |
| Huntingdonshire (HUN) | England | 11 | 18.5 | 1,077th | 1.65 |
| Kent (KEN) | England | 162 | 16.6 | 1,044th | 1.48 |
| Lancashire (LAN) | England | 62 | 1.8 | 4,644th | 0.160 |
| Leicestershire (LEI) | England | 1 | 0.3 | 9,396th | 0.0278 |
| Lincolnshire (LIN) | England | 28 | 6.0 | 2,524th | 0.532 |
| Middlesex (MDX) | England | 400 | 13.7 | 1,050th | 1.22 |
| Northumberland (NBL) | England | 401 | 92.4 | 164th | 8.24 |
| Norfolk (NFK) | England | 514 | 115.6 | 140th | 10.3 |
| Northamptonshire (NTH) | England | 1 | 0.4 | 8,728th | 0.0327 |
| Nottinghamshire (NTT) | England | 7 | 1.8 | 5,237th | 0.159 |
| Oxfordshire (OXF) | England | 2 | 1.1 | 5,270th | 0.0994 |
| Rutland (R) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shropshire (SAL) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Suffolk (SFK) | England | 187 | 52.4 | 405th | 4.68 |
| Somerset (SOM) | England | 3 | 0.6 | 8,756th | 0.0571 |
| Surrey (SRY) | England | 231 | 16.1 | 910th | 1.43 |
| Sussex (SSX) | England | 47 | 9.6 | 1,619th | 0.855 |
| Staffordshire (STS) | England | 12 | 1.2 | 6,034th | 0.109 |
| Warwickshire (WAR) | England | 19 | 2.6 | 4,288th | 0.230 |
| Westmorland (WES) | England | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wiltshire (WIL) | England | 15 | 5.8 | 2,155th | 0.517 |
| Worcestershire (WOR) | England | 4 | 1.1 | 7,077th | 0.0939 |
| Yorkshire (YKS) | England | 177 | 6.1 | 2,248th | 0.547 |
| Aberdeenshire (ABD) | Scotland | 17 | 6.4 | 1,109th | 0.567 |
| Angus (ANS) | Scotland | 1 | 0.4 | 5,932nd | 0.0335 |
| Argyll (ARL) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ayrshire (AYR) | Scotland | 3 | 1.4 | 3,997th | 0.123 |
| Banffshire (BAN) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Berwickshire (BEW) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Bute (B) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Caithness (CAI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Clackmannanshire (C) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dumfriesshire (DFS) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Dunbartonshire (D) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| East Lothian (ELN) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Fife (FIF) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Inverness-shire (INV) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kincardineshire (KCD) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kirkcudbrightshire (KKD) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Kinross-shire (K) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lanarkshire (LKS) | Scotland | 7 | 0.8 | 6,840th | 0.0692 |
| Midlothian (MLN) | Scotland | 6 | 1.6 | 4,510th | 0.139 |
| Moray (MOR) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Nairnshire (N) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Orkney (OKI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peeblesshire (PEE) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Perthshire (PER) | Scotland | 7 | 5.4 | 1,558th | 0.485 |
| Renfrewshire (RFW) | Scotland | 1 | 0.4 | 6,555th | 0.0340 |
| Ross and Cromarty (ROC) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Roxburghshire (ROX) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Selkirkshire (SEL) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shetland (SHI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stirlingshire (STI) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Sutherland (SUT) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Wigtownshire (WIG) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| West Lothian (W) | Scotland | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Anglesey (AGY) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Brecknockshire (BRE) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Caernarfonshire (CAE) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Cardiganshire (CGN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire (CMN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Denbighshire (DEN) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Flintshire (F) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Glamorgan (GLA) | Wales | 10 | 2.0 | 3,225th | 0.174 |
| Merionethshire (MER) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire (MGY) | Wales | 1 | 1.5 | 1,391st | 0.136 |
| Monmouthshire (MON) | Wales | 1 | 0.5 | 6,890th | 0.0422 |
| Pembrokeshire (PEM) | Wales | 9 | 9.8 | 636th | 0.875 |
| Radnorshire (RAD) | Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| England Total | — | 3,265 | 13.4 | 1,148th | 1.19 |
| Scotland Total | — | 42 | 1.1 | 4,723rd | 0.101 |
| Wales Total | — | 21 | 1.3 | 3,515th | 0.119 |
| Great Britain Total | — | 3,328 | 11.2 | 1,366th | — |
Channel Islands Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname LAWS | Population With Surname LAWS Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey (GSY) | 0 | 0 | — |
| Jersey (JSY) | 0 | 0 | — |
| Channel Islands Total | 0 | 0 | — |
Isle of Man Data Table
| Location | Population With Surname LAWS | Population With Surname LAWS Per 100,000 People | Rank in Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man (IOM) | 0 | 0 | — |