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Shaw

in Washington

There are 2,894 people with the last name "Shaw" in Washington.

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Ranking in Washington

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Shaw 130
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  1. is 126th most common Simpson
  2. is 127th most common Murray
  3. is 128th most common Stone
  4. is 129th most common Simmons
  5. is 130th most common Shaw
  6. is 131st most common Torres
  7. is 132nd most common Mendoza
  8. is 133rd most common Hart
  9. is 134th most common Rice

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

Robert, John, David, James, William, Michael, Richard, Scott, Brian, Daniel

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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