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Shaw

in Louisiana

There are 1,718 people with the last name "Shaw" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Shaw 264
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  1. is 260th most common Mills
  2. is 261st most common Neal
  3. is 262nd most common Fields
  4. is 263rd most common Prejean
  5. is 264th most common Shaw
  6. is 265th most common Mccoy
  7. is 266th most common Ferguson
  8. is 267th most common Bradford
  9. is 268th most common Watkins

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

William, John, David, Mary, James, Linda, Richard, Charles, Larry, Michael

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 Louisiana

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William Shaw, LA (9 searches)
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