Shawcross

English

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from Shaw Cross, a suburb of Dewsbury, a town in West Yorkshire, from Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Shawcross (plural Shawcrosses)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shawcross is the 84748^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 221 individuals. Shawcross is most common among White (97.29%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shawcross”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.