How Many People Have the Last Name Shaw?
people had the surname Shaw in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,839 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+5,228 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shaw (72.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 21.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shaw ranks #114. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 74.7% to 72.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shaw grew from 155,172 people in 2000 to 160,400 in 2010 (up 3.4%), and its rank fell from #150 to #164. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 57.52 to 54.38 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 155,172 | 160,400 |
| Rank | #150 | #164 |
| Per 100,000 people | 57.52 | 54.38 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shaw
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shaw: S000
👤 Shaw as a First Name
Shaw is a first name too: about 1,317 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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