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Shaw

in Connecticut

There are 1,684 people with the last name "Shaw" in Connecticut.

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Ranking in Connecticut

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Shaw 104
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  1. is 100th most common Cook
  2. is 101st most common James
  3. is 102nd most common Cooper
  4. is 103rd most common Carter
  5. is 104th most common Shaw
  6. is 105th most common Gray
  7. is 106th most common Reyes
  8. is 107th most common Pelletier
  9. is 108th most common Brooks

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

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 Connecticut

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David Shaw, CT (9 searches)
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