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Shaw

in New York

There are 5,543 people with the last name "Shaw" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

NameRank
Shaw 170
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  1. is 166th most common Goldstein
  2. is 167th most common Pena
  3. is 168th most common Wallace
  4. is 169th most common Patterson
  5. is 170th most common Shaw
  6. is 171st most common Meyer
  7. is 172nd most common Peters
  8. is 173rd most common Liu
  9. is 174th most common Katz

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

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 New York

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Robert Shaw, NY (77 searches)
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