Thaw

Anglicized from Welsh Ddawan, ddaw.

Thaw

1. A river in South Wales which flows into the Bristol Channel at Aberthaw.

Borrowed from Burmese သော် (sau). It is also an English and Scottish surname, but without a certain origin.

Thaw (plural Thaws)

1. A surname from Burmese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thaw is the 35294^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 638 individuals. Thaw is most common among White (44.67%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (42.79%) individuals.

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

• HAWT, Wath, hawt, wath, what