Kershaw Name Origin, Meaning and Family History
Kershaw Name Meaning : Taken from the Anglo-Saxon word 'kirk' meaning 'church' and 'sceaga/shaw' meaning 'wood/copse'.
A name given to someone who lived or worked in a 'church wood' (a wood owned by the church). The name may have also been taken from a place of the same name.
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Surname Distribution
Census frequency by county
Name Concentrations Within England and Wales
0
8
17
25
33
41
50
58
66
74
83
91
Buckinghamshire
2
Brecknockshire
13
Cambridgeshire
1
Channel Islands
1
Cheshire
99
Cornwall
2
Cumberland
2
Derbyshire
48
Durham
6
Essex
14
Gloucestershire
11
Hampshire
1
Hertfordshire
7
Hunts and Rutland
0
Kent
1
Lancashire
3,733
Lincolnshire
15
London
109
Middlesex
3
Northamptonshire
5
Nottinghamshire
42
Oxfordshire
1
Shropshire
2
Somerset
1
Surrey
1
Sussex
4
Staffordshire
35
Warwickshire
2
Westmorland
10
Worcestershire
2
Yorkshire
1,443
Anglesey
0
Bedfordshire
0
Berkshire
0
Carnarvonshire
0
Cardiganshire
0
Carmarthenshire
0
Denbighshire
0
Devon
0
Dorset
0
Flintshire
0
Glamorgan
0
Herefordshire
0
Isle of Man
0
Leicestershire
0
Merionethshire
0
Montgomeryshire
0
Monmouthshire
0
Northumberland
0
Norfolk
0
Pembrokeshire
0
Radnorshire
0
Suffolk
0
Wiltshire
0
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Kershaw Surname Statistics
Top Professions for the Kershaw family
Profession
Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver
197
Weaver
128
Labourer
100
Independent
81
Woollen Weaver
59
Cotton Piecer
57
Cotton Spinner
51
Coal Miner
48
Farmer
44
Female Servant
43
Stone Mason
40
Agricultural Labourer
31
Worsted Weaver
31
Woollen Spinner
30
Piecer
28
Woollen Weaver J
26
Spinner
25
Male Servant
23
Cotton Reeler
22
Dyer
22
Power Loom Weaver
22
Carter
19
Blacksmith
18
Mechanic
18
Wool Comber
17
Most Frequent Forenames for Kershaw
Name
Census Frequency
Mary Kershaw
4,717
John Kershaw
4,340
James Kershaw
3,254
Sarah Kershaw
3,061
William Kershaw
2,844
Elizabeth Kershaw
2,475
Thomas Kershaw
2,046
Joseph Kershaw
1,717
Alice Kershaw
1,470
Ann Kershaw
1,456
Hannah Kershaw
1,342
Robert Kershaw
1,161
Jane Kershaw
1,155
Samuel Kershaw
977
George Kershaw
973
Martha Kershaw
963
Ellen Kershaw
858
Charles Kershaw
830
Annie Kershaw
821
Betty Kershaw
754
Emma Kershaw
674
Henry Kershaw
631
Margaret Kershaw
619
Edward Kershaw
610
Eliza Kershaw
586
Kershaw Surname Variants Ranking
Rank
Surname
Match
Census Frequency
1
Kershaw
100%
63,087
2
Kirshaw
86%
894
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The surname Kershaw is the
most popular version of all its varients