Surname Checker / Shaw
How Common Is the Last Name Shaw?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shaw today
177,599
Ranked #164 of 162,254 published surnames · 54.38 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 160,400 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.07%
Black
21.19%
Asian / Pacific Islander
1.48%
Hispanic
2.36%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.