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Shaw

in North Carolina

There are 5,113 people with the last name "Shaw" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Shaw 140
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  1. is 136th most common Wells
  2. is 137th most common Lopez
  3. is 138th most common Stanley
  4. is 139th most common Joyner
  5. is 140th most common Shaw
  6. is 141st most common Bowman
  7. is 142nd most common Crawford
  8. is 143rd most common Mason
  9. is 144th most common Norris

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

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 North Carolina

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James Shaw, NC (8 searches)
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