SHAW is ranked as the 100th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 236,255.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 74.09 people named SHAW for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named SHAW is
183,246, the rank is 150
and the proportion per 100k Americans named SHAW is 57.52.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SHAW is
74.7% White,
1.5% Hispanic origin,
20.2% Black,
1.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.7% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SHAW have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SHAW is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SHAW
The state with the most people named
SHAW is
California where
23,523 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SHAW, as
174.61 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SHAW
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,450
57.84
99.9%
Indiana
5,358
81.21
99.9%
Iowa
2,133
68.65
99.9%
Kansas
2,159
74.34
99.8%
Michigan
7,489
75.57
100.0%
Minnesota
2,739
50.2
99.9%
Missouri
3,882
129.66
99.7%
Nebraska
1,445
76.82
99.8%
North Dakota
177
23.92
97.2%
Ohio
9,431
81.35
99.9%
South Dakota
309
36.28
98.8%
Wisconsin
3,097
53.79
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name SHAW
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
669
90.8
99.6%
Arizona
4,129
61.34
99.9%
California
23,523
60.62
100.0%
Colorado
3,680
68.72
99.9%
Hawaii
446
31.38
99.2%
Idaho
1,577
96.5
99.8%
Montana
761
74.34
99.7%
Nevada
1,853
65.25
99.8%
New Mexico
1,556
74.62
99.6%
Oregon
3,763
94.77
99.9%
Utah
3,602
122.41
99.8%
Washington
5,970
84.55
99.9%
Wyoming
569
97.38
99.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SHAW
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SHAW as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SHAW.
The most popular full name is James SHAW.
1.81% of all the people named SHAW
have this given name.
There are 5304 first
names associated with this last name.