Shaw

in the US

There are 124,991 people with the last name "Shaw" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Shaw 136
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  1. is 132nd most common Tucker
  2. is 133rd most common Gordon
  3. is 134th most common Olson
  4. is 135th most common Crawford
  5. is 136th most common Shaw
  6. is 137th most common Porter
  7. is 138th most common Simpson
  8. is 139th most common Mason
  9. is 140th most common Wagner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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



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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