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Shaw

in Virginia

There are 2,918 people with the last name "Shaw" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Shaw 219
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  1. is 215th most common Mccoy
  2. is 216th most common Osborne
  3. is 217th most common Kelley
  4. is 218th most common Tran
  5. is 219th most common Shaw
  6. is 220th most common Armstrong
  7. is 221st most common Fleming
  8. is 222nd most common Daniels
  9. is 223rd most common Lynch

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

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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William Shaw, VA (9 searches)
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