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Shaw

in Maryland

There are 2,410 people with the last name "Shaw" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Shaw 145
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  1. is 141st most common Crawford
  2. is 142nd most common Jacobs
  3. is 143rd most common Simpson
  4. is 144th most common Mcdonald
  5. is 145th most common Shaw
  6. is 146th most common Lynch
  7. is 147th most common Freeman
  8. is 148th most common Reid
  9. is 149th most common Grant

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

James, Robert, John, David, William, Joseph, Richard, Mary, 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 Maryland

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James Shaw, MD (9 searches)
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