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 | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 189 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 82 |
| Devon | 6 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 40 |
| Essex | 14 |
| Gloucestershire | 14 |
| Hampshire | 6 |
| Herefordshire | 5 |
| Hertfordshire | 4 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 8 |
| Kent | 25 |
| Lancashire | 5,548 |
| Leicestershire | 32 |
| Lincolnshire | 52 |
| London | 154 |
| Middlesex | 27 |
| Northumberland | 16 |
| Norfolk | 8 |
| Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | 119 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 2 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 8 |
| Surrey | 29 |
| Sussex | 10 |
| Staffordshire | 91 |
| Warwickshire | 17 |
| Westmorland | 4 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 38 |
| Yorkshire | 2,807 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 5 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 7 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 2 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 2 |
| Monmouthshire | 8 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Cotton Weaver | 371 |
| Cotton Spinner | 103 |
| Living On Own Means | 95 |
| Woollen Weaver | 74 |
| Cotton Card Room Hand | 70 |
| Cotton Winder | 58 |
| Scholar | 54 |
| Dress Maker | 53 |
| General Labourer | 51 |
| Worsted Spinner | 46 |
| Cotton Piecer | 39 |
| Stone Mason | 32 |
| Farmer | 30 |
| General Servant Domestic | 19 |
| House Keeper Domestic | 19 |
| Iron Moulder | 18 |
| Dressmaker | 17 |
| Farm Labourer | 17 |
| Worsted Weaver | 17 |
| Blacksmith | 16 |
| Butcher | 16 |
| Coal Miner Hewer | 16 |
| Milliner | 16 |
| Char Woman | 15 |
| Grocer | 15 |
| 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 |