Family name لاوى (لاوى 
, Laue 
) , in the entire world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname لاوى is habitual in Jordan, where it is quite a common surname, Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, and Switzerland, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, Jordan, and the United States. Very seldom, لاوى is the forename as well as the last name.