Last name: OPENSHAW
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OPENSHAW : This last name is indexed 24,349 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
OPENSHAW : English (Lancashire): habitational name from Openshaw (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English open ‘open unenclosed’ + sceaga ‘small wood copse’.
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