How common is the surname Sharrock?

1,100 people in the United States had the surname Sharrock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sharrock?

Thea Sharrock, British director, followed by Chris Sharrock.

Where is the surname Sharrock most common?

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

Is the surname Sharrock getting more or less common?

More common. 1,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Sharrock

An English place surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharrock is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Sharrock 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 1,100 people named Sharrock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,081.

#23,185

rank among US surnames

1,100

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,258)

Who is named Sharrock

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

85% of people named Sharrock identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sharrocks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thea Sharrock
British director, born 1976
Chris Sharrock
British drummer, born 1964
Sonny Sharrock
American guitarist (1940-1995)

Notable Sharrocks come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Shorrock

Surnames that sound like Sharrock

Sharrock has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sharrock come from?: Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English sċora (“bank; shore”) + āc (“oak”).
How common is the surname Sharrock?: 1,100 people in the United States had the surname Sharrock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharrock?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Sharrock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sharrock?: Thea Sharrock, British director, followed by Chris Sharrock.
Where is the surname Sharrock most common?: Wikidata records people named Sharrock in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Sharrock?: Sharrock is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sharrock getting more or less common?: More common. 1,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Sharrock?: Shorrock.