Outlaw
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from ME outlawe, from ON útlagi ‘outlaw’; first attested Alan le Vtlage 1230 FFSf
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/awtlɔ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Outlaw is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 37K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 45K
- CACanada≈1 in 48K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 342 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
8,901 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Liberia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- MEoutlawe(measured from records)
- ONútlagi(measured from records)
from ME outlawe, from ON útlagi ‘outlaw’; first attested Alan le Vtlage 1230 FFSf
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Outlaw counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 8,901 | 1 in 37K | 8.9K | Outlaw | 342 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 300 | Outlaw | 94 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Outlaw | 6 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Outlaw | 18 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Outlaw | 11 |
| LR Liberia | #235 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Outlaw | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Outlaw | 2 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Outlaw | 2 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Outlaw | 1 |
8,901 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Outlaw is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A fugitive from the law.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, outlaw (fugitive from the law)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Croatian, publ. onaj koji je izvan zakona, bjegunac pred zakonom; odmetnik
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Outlawb. 1771USAmerican politician
- David Outlawb. 1806USAmerican politician and enslaver (1806-1868)
- Jimmy Outlawb. 1913USAmerican baseball player (1913-2006)
- John Outlawb. 1945USplayer of American football
- Gay Outlawb. 1959USAmerican photographer and artist (born 1959)
- Bo Outlawb. 1971USAmerican basketball player (born 1971)
- Sam Outlawb. 1982USmusical artist
- Travis Outlawb. 1984USAmerican basketball player (born 1984)
- J.Outlawb. 1987USAmerican hip hop music artist from California
- Tyrone Outlawb. 1995USAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8.9K | #3,991 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.5K | #4,030 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.4K | #3,904 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 300 | #16,378 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Outlaw mean, and where does it come from?
- from ME outlawe, from ON útlagi ‘outlaw’; first attested Alan le Vtlage 1230 FFSf Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Outlaw?
- A machine transcription gives /awtlɔ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Outlaw have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 8.9 thousand people named Outlaw, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled outlaw.
- How common is the name Outlaw?
- In the United States, the national register counted 8,901 people named Outlaw in 2010, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Outlaw compared with other names?
- In Liberia, Outlaw is the 235th most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Outlaw” — the 235th most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.