# Sharrock (surname)

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

A 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) | 1,100 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 280,678 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (1,081 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shorrock |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English sċora (“bank; shore”) + āc (“oak”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sharrock 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sharrock in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Sharrock

- Thea Sharrock, British director
- Chris Sharrock, British drummer
- Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (1940-1995)

## Similar surnames

Sharkey, Sherrick, Shrock, Schrock, Shryock, Schrack, Suarez, Sears, Schwarz, Scruggs, Squires, Soares.

## 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.