Is Shaw a Jewish last name?

Just wanted to know.

Is Shaw a Jewish last name?
It is an English topographic name but it was established in Ireland in the 17th century.





It is also Scottish and Irish as an English form of


Siteach (wolf)





Americanized form of some like sounding Ashkenazi Jewish name.





Any name can be Jewish. Jews do not agree on the definition of a Jew.





Reform Judaism defines a Jew by the religion only.





Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines a Jew by the mother only,not the father or necessarily the religion. They state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father and if they don't have a Jewish father they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family. So as long as they have a Jewish mother, even though they have renounced their Jewish faith, the Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines them as a Jew. Whereas if they don't have a Jewish mother, they do not consider them Jewish.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_J...





There are very few exclusively Jewish names. A lot of names are identified as Jewish in the U.S. as a large portion of immigrants with certain names were Jewish while back in their countries of origin, the same name was used by Jews and non Jews. For instance names ending 'stein' 'berg' 'burg' etc are not exclusively Jewish names.
Reply:The only Shaw who automatically comes to mind is George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), who was born in Dublin, Ireland, of Scottish Protestant ancestry. The Shaw surname was originally Scottish and meant "a lawn, or plain, surrounded by tree, or an open space between the trees."





Attributing nationality, ethnicity, or religion to any surname is a difficult exercise at best without adequate documentation. Even though some last names are common Jewish last names, they are also common last names among non-Jews as well.
Reply:I don't think so. It might be English.





http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/fi...