Wardlaw

English

Alternative forms

• Wordlaw

Etymology

Habitational surname typical of Scotland, from Old English weard (“watchman”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).

Proper noun

Wardlaw (plural Wardlaws)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wardlaw is the 9720^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3337 individuals. Wardlaw is most common among White (59.09%) and Black/African American (35.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wardlaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.