How common is the surname Kershaw?

5,109 people in the United States had the surname Kershaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,432 Americans. It ranked 6,630th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kershaw?

Clayton Kershaw, American professional baseball player (born 1988), followed by Doug Kershaw.

Where is the surname Kershaw most common?

Wikidata records people named Kershaw in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Kershaw?

Kershaw is /ˈkərʃɔːr/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kershaw getting more or less common?

More common. 4,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,109 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Kershaw

An English surname, carried by 5,109 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkərʃɔːr/ 2 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kershaw is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English; equivalent to kirk (“church”) + shaw (“grove”).

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 5,109 people named Kershaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,432 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,819.

#6,630

rank among US surnames

5,109

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #6,496)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,623	Hunsaker	5,114	60,373
#6,626	Barrick	5,111	60,408
#6,628	Pizano	5,110	60,420
#6,630	Kershaw	5,109	60,432
#6,632	Cottle	5,108	60,444

Who is named Kershaw

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

76% of people named Kershaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kershaws

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clayton Kershaw
American professional baseball player (born 1988)
Doug Kershaw
American musician, born 1936
Sammy Kershaw
American country musician, born 1958
Abbey Lee
Australian model, born 1987

Notable Kershaws come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kershaw

Kershaw has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kershaw come from?: From Old English; equivalent to kirk (“church”) + shaw (“grove”).
How common is the surname Kershaw?: 5,109 people in the United States had the surname Kershaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,432 Americans. It ranked 6,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kershaw?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Kershaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kershaw?: Clayton Kershaw, American professional baseball player (born 1988), followed by Doug Kershaw.
Where is the surname Kershaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Kershaw in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Kershaw?: Kershaw is /ˈkərʃɔːr/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kershaw getting more or less common?: More common. 4,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,109 in 2010, up 6.0%.