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Shaw

in Georgia

There are 4,644 people with the last name "Shaw" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Shaw 168
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  1. is 164th most common Oliver
  2. is 165th most common Myers
  3. is 166th most common Mason
  4. is 167th most common Thornton
  5. is 168th most common Shaw
  6. is 169th most common Kim
  7. is 170th most common Chapman
  8. is 171st most common Franklin
  9. is 172nd most common Floyd

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

James, Robert, William, John, Michael, David, Charles, Richard, Mary, Christopher

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).

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