The lawyer Surname

lawyer Name Meaning and History

Anglicized form of Dutch Lauwer, occupational name for a tanner or leather worker.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The lawyer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lawyer family name as far back in history as possible.

lawyer Family Facts

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Distribution of lawyer Families in the US in 1920

Number of lawyer families

79-156

27-78

1-26

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Andreas (Andrew) Lawyer b. circa 1782	Jen Dragon	1
Samuel T. Lawyer & Catherine Herbert- NJ	mandy_rise	2
WIFE JOELLA	hazellewis51	1
Marcus LAWYER & Ida UNDERHILL	Mercer53	0
John Lawyer	Gail Desnoyer	1
Searching for LAWYER family	Gail Desnoyer	13
Lawyer in NJ	Russ Fritz	8
Stacy Lawyer & Urminda Steele	vufindr	0
Lawyer - John, Thomas & Isaac - OH	Marilyn	2
Lawyer Family	Vernon foster	1

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