Last Name SHADBOLT

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Meaning Nickname: Shootbolt. A cross-bow-man, one who shot bolts from a catapult. Similar to surnames like Drawsword, Shakespear, Wagstaff, and a hundred others, all sobriquets of employment, from the weapon or want carried. Shadbolt is more modern, and clearly a corruption of Shotbolt.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 53,659 (2000 US census)
Count 361 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.91%, or 339 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 4.99%, or 18 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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