Explore the Family Name Lawhead

The meaning of Lawhead

Probably Scottish: from any of various places called Lawhead (‘hill head’) in Fife, Lothian, and Strathclyde, which could have given rise to the surname, although there is no evidence of the surname in present-day Scotland.

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How common is the last name Lawhead in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lawhead experienced a slight increase in count from 2000 to 2010, moving from 1485 to 1508. However, its popularity rank decreased by roughly 5%, sliding from 17494 in 2000 to 18366 in 2010. This indicates that despite an increase in the actual number of people with the surname, it became less common compared to other surnames over this time period. The proportion of individuals with the surname Lawhead per 100k people also saw a decrease of about 7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,494	#18,366	-4.98%
Count	1,485	1,508	1.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.55	0.51	-7.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lawhead

In terms of ethnic identity, again according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there was negligible change observed between 2000 and 2010 for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black with the surname Lawhead. Those identifying as White remained the predominant group; however, there was a small decrease of just over 1%. The largest changes were seen among those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, who saw an increase of over 43%, and those identifying as Hispanic, who experienced a decrease of over 18%. There was also a slight increase in those identifying with two or more ethnicities, rising from 2.69% to 2.85%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.87%	92.9%	-1.03%
Two or More Races	2.69%	2.85%	5.95%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.48%	2.12%	43.24%
Hispanic	1.14%	0.93%	-18.42%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%