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Shaw

in New Jersey

There are 2,686 people with the last name "Shaw" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Shaw 166
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  1. is 162nd most common Rosario
  2. is 163rd most common Joseph
  3. is 164th most common Chang
  4. is 165th most common Weber
  5. is 166th most common Shaw
  6. is 167th most common Moran
  7. is 168th most common Friedman
  8. is 169th most common Schneider
  9. is 170th most common Meyer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

Robert, John, David, William, James, Michael, Thomas, Mary, Joseph, Richard

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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