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Shaw

in Indiana

There are 3,064 people with the last name "Shaw" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Shaw 143
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  1. is 139th most common Craig
  2. is 140th most common Griffin
  3. is 141st most common Ferguson
  4. is 142nd most common Hoffman
  5. is 143rd most common Shaw
  6. is 144th most common Spencer
  7. is 145th most common Keller
  8. is 146th most common Rose
  9. is 147th most common Riley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

James, Robert, David, John, Charles, Michael, William, Donald, Mary, Larry

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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