Last Name SHAWCROSS

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Meaning Local: Of Shallcross. Shallcross Hall lies in the parish of Taxal, Derbyshire, on the confines of Cheshire. The Shallcross's of Shallcross were considerable people in the 17th and 18th centuries. The modern form of the surname is generally Shawcross.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 76,946 (2000 US census)
Count 232 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.55%, or 224 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.16%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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