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Shaw

in the US

There are 132,762 people with the last name "Shaw" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Shaw 141
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  1. is 137th most common Henry
  2. is 138th most common Gordon
  3. is 139th most common Crawford
  4. is 140th most common Patel
  5. is 141st most common Shaw
  6. is 142nd most common Ramos
  7. is 143rd most common Fox
  8. is 144th most common Gonzales
  9. is 145th most common Simpson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Shaw

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

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Meaning & History

1. 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.

2. Scottish and Irish: adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.

3. Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.

4. 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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