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.
Discover how your Kershaw ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 154 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 52 |
| Devon | 18 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 27 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | 9 |
| Hampshire | 7 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 4 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 5 |
| Kent | 21 |
| Lancashire | 4,765 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 41 |
| London | 161 |
| Middlesex | 23 |
| Northumberland | 8 |
| Norfolk | 10 |
| Northamptonshire | 7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 118 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 3 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 6 |
| Surrey | 63 |
| Sussex | 9 |
| Staffordshire | 91 |
| Warwickshire | 25 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 2 |
| Worcestershire | 14 |
| Yorkshire | 2,631 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 8 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 13 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 1 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,190 |
| Cotton Weaver | 350 |
| Cotton Spinner | 81 |
| Cotton Operative | 77 |
| Coal Miner | 72 |
| Cotton Piecer | 58 |
| General Labourer | 58 |
| Woollen Weaver | 58 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 56 |
| Worsted Spinner | 52 |
| Cotton Winder | 49 |
| Dress Maker | 46 |
| Living On Own Means | 45 |
| Carter | 40 |
| Labourer | 35 |
| House Keeper | 34 |
| Grocer | 32 |
| Farmer | 31 |
| Clerk | 31 |
| Cotton Reeler | 31 |
| Worsted Weaver | 29 |
| Joiner | 28 |
| Domestic Servant | 27 |
| Charwoman | 27 |
| Iron Turner | 20 |
| 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 |