# Henshaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/henshaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,765 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,021 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,794 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (4,712 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Henshall, Hinshaw |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Henshaw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Henshaw in the United States.

## People named Henshaw

- Henry Wetherbee Henshaw, American ornithologist (1850-1930)
- David Henshaw, American politician (1791-1852)

## Similar surnames

Hinshaw, Hanshaw, Heins, Hennis, Haynes, Huang, Hines, Hong, Haines, Hoang, Hwang, Hanks.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.