How common is the surname Henshaw?

4,765 people in the United States had the surname Henshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. It ranked 7,021st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Henshaw?

Henry Wetherbee Henshaw, American ornithologist (1850-1930), followed by David Henshaw.

Where is the surname Henshaw most common?

Wikidata records people named Henshaw in the United States.

Is the surname Henshaw getting more or less common?

More common. 4,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,765 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Henshaw

An English place surname, carried by 4,765 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henshaw is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Henshaw is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,765 people named Henshaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,712.

#7,021

rank among US surnames

4,765

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,623)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,012	Stroh	4,777	64,632
#7,013	Kangas	4,776	64,645
#7,014	Spillman	4,775	64,659
#7,015	Carillo	4,774	64,672
#7,016	Mayle	4,773	64,686
#7,018	Melcher	4,772	64,699
#7,020	Zurita	4,770	64,727

Who is named Henshaw

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Henshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Henshaws

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Henshall
Hinshaw

Surnames that sound like Henshaw

Henshaw has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Henshaw come from?: From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
How common is the surname Henshaw?: 4,765 people in the United States had the surname Henshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,794 Americans. It ranked 7,021st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Henshaw?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Henshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Henshaw?: Henry Wetherbee Henshaw, American ornithologist (1850-1930), followed by David Henshaw.
Where is the surname Henshaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Henshaw in the United States.
What type of surname is Henshaw?: Henshaw is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Henshaw getting more or less common?: More common. 4,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,765 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Henshaw?: Henshall and Hinshaw.