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    The surname Redshaw

    An English place surname, carried by 304 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R320

    Redshaw: #65,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Redshaw #65,244, 304 people Redshaw: #65,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Redshaw #65,244, 304 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redshaw is more common than 59.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).

    Redshaw is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 304 people named Redshaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,015,610 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 361.

    #65,244
    rank among US surnames
    304
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.8%
    change since 2000 (was #53,659)

    Who is named Redshaw

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Redshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Redshaw

    Redshaw has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Redshaw come from?
    Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).
    How common is the surname Redshaw?
    304 people in the United States had the surname Redshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,015,610 Americans. It ranked 65,244th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Redshaw?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Redshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Redshaw?
    Redshaw is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Redshaw getting more or less common?
    Less common. 361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 304 in 2010, down 16%.