Surname Checker / Lawson
How Common Is the Last Name Lawson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Lawson today
131,818
Ranked #256 of 162,254 published surnames · 40.36 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 119,053 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.84%
Black
20.74%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.43%
Hispanic
2.2%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.