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Shaw

in Illinois

There are 4,728 people with the last name "Shaw" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Shaw 143
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  1. is 139th most common Porter
  2. is 140th most common Kennedy
  3. is 141st most common Mason
  4. is 142nd most common Mueller
  5. is 143rd most common Shaw
  6. is 144th most common Dixon
  7. is 145th most common Swanson
  8. is 146th most common Fox
  9. is 147th most common Gibson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

Robert, James, David, John, Michael, Mary, William, Kenneth, Charles, 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).

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