Sherwood Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 14
Buckinghamshire 22
Berkshire 172
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 13
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 17
Derbyshire 20
Devon 17
Dorset 58
Durham 163
Essex 37
Gloucestershire 67
Hampshire 137
Herefordshire 16
Hertfordshire 48
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 182
Lancashire 284
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 19
London 561
Middlesex 37
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 106
Northamptonshire 87
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 53
Rutland 0
Shropshire 78
Suffolk 41
Somerset 22
Surrey 87
Sussex 114
Staffordshire 194
Warwickshire 66
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 37
Worcestershire 180
Yorkshire 653

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 3
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 30
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 10

Sherwood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sherwood family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 775
Agricultural Labourer 101
General Labourer 35
Labourer 35
Domestic Servant 33
Laundress 28
Dress Maker 27
General Servant 27
Farm Labourer 27
Coal Miner 25
Annuitant 19
House Keeper 19
No Occupation 18
Carpenter 16
Servant Domestic 13
Gardener 12
Blacksmith 12
Shoe Maker 11
Tailoress 11
Stone Mason 11
Charwoman 10
Farm Servant Indoor 10
Farmers Daughter 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Butcher 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Sherwood

Name Census Frequency
William Sherwood 1,857
Mary Sherwood 1,752
John Sherwood 1,505
Elizabeth Sherwood 1,177
George Sherwood 1,058
Sarah Sherwood 889
Thomas Sherwood 877
James Sherwood 807
Ann Sherwood 631
Henry Sherwood 623
Jane Sherwood 573
Charles Sherwood 554
Robert Sherwood 484
Joseph Sherwood 460
Eliza Sherwood 445
Annie Sherwood 438
Emma Sherwood 388
Alice Sherwood 385
Edward Sherwood 360
Ellen Sherwood 351
Arthur Sherwood 337
Frederick Sherwood 321
Emily Sherwood 298
Alfred Sherwood 286
Richard Sherwood 277

Sherwood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sherwood 100% 27,782
2 Isherwood 89% 23,105
3 Usherwood 89% 2,277
4 Sharwood 88% 1,963
5 Shearwood 89% 1,432
6 Sheerwood 89% 237
7 Asherwood 89% 195

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The surname Sherwood is the most popular version of all its varients

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