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Shaw

in Massachusetts

There are 2,840 people with the last name "Shaw" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Shaw 162
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  1. is 158th most common Oneil
  2. is 159th most common Carlson
  3. is 160th most common Joseph
  4. is 161st most common Lyons
  5. is 162nd most common Shaw
  6. is 163rd most common Casey
  7. is 164th most common Andrade
  8. is 165th most common Sweeney
  9. is 166th most common Cooper

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

Robert, John, Richard, William, David, James, Michael, Brian, Christopher, Elizabeth

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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Robert Shaw, MA (9 searches)
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