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Shaw

in Rhode Island

There are 524 people with the last name "Shaw" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Shaw 137
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  1. is 133rd most common Richard
  2. is 134th most common Botelho
  3. is 135th most common Green
  4. is 136th most common Parker
  5. is 137th most common Shaw
  6. is 138th most common Carpenter
  7. is 139th most common Furtado
  8. is 140th most common Kelley
  9. is 141st most common Lombardi

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

John, Robert, David, William, James, Margaret, Bruce, Donna, Mary, Michael

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, RI (9 searches)
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