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Shaw

in Oregon

There are 1,958 people with the last name "Shaw" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Shaw 122
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  1. is 118th most common Hayes
  2. is 119th most common Rice
  3. is 120th most common Elliott
  4. is 121st most common Gibson
  5. is 122nd most common Shaw
  6. is 123rd most common Snyder
  7. is 124th most common Gardner
  8. is 125th most common Stone
  9. is 126th most common Erickson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

John, Robert, David, Michael, James, William, Scott, Brian, Stephen

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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John Shaw, OR (9 searches)
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