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Shaw

in California

There are 9,178 people with the last name "Shaw" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Shaw 234
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  1. is 230th most common Stone
  2. is 231st most common Woods
  3. is 232nd most common Andrade
  4. is 233rd most common Barajas
  5. is 234th most common Shaw
  6. is 235th most common Meza
  7. is 236th most common Burns
  8. is 237th most common Cohen
  9. is 238th most common Porter

Similar Names and Nicknames

Shawver, Shawn, Shew, Shawley, Shawhan, Shawl, Shawgo, Shawler, Show, Shawcroft

Most Common First Names for Shaw

Robert, David, James, John, Michael, William, Richard

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. The English surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.

Scottish and Irish: adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.

Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.

Chinese 邵: variant of Shao.

FOREBEARS Early American merchants and revolutionary patriots were Nathaniel Shaw (b. 1735 in New London, CT) and Samuel Shaw (b. 1754 in Boston).

Recent Searches for "Shaw" in California

Since June 2009
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Robert Shaw, CA (90 searches)
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