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Shaw

in Mississippi

There are 2,169 people with the last name "Shaw" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Shaw 126
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  1. is 122nd most common Long
  2. is 123rd most common Webb
  3. is 124th most common Hayes
  4. is 125th most common May
  5. is 126th most common Shaw
  6. is 127th most common Nichols
  7. is 128th most common Perry
  8. is 129th most common Willis
  9. is 130th most common Montgomery

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

Recent Searches for "Shaw" in Mississippi

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James Shaw, MS (9 searches)
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