Earnshaw Surname

58,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Earnshaw Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the hernshaw,' a young heron. Heronsew is still used in Cumberland in the same sense, (a) Local, 'at the heronshaw,' a heronry, from residence beside the same. Cotgrave has Old French haironniere, 'a heron's neast, or ayrie; a hemeshaw, or shaw of wood wherein herons breed' (v.

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Earnshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4851:12,4231,832
United States1,4061:257,79424,375
Australia1,0321:26,1593,559
Swaziland4801:2,705242
Canada3301:111,65311,929
New Zealand2961:15,2982,660
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
Scotland1031:51,9794,440
Wales1001:30,9453,130
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Northern Ireland641:28,8293,065
Isle of Man271:3,179679
France261:2,554,720189,486
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
China21:683,660,78330,601
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,6761:6,6311,026
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland111:340,29210,329
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2481:202,49517,559

Earnshaw (10) may also be a first name.

Earnshaw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the hernshaw,' a young heron. Heronsew is still used in Cumberland in the same sense, (a) Local, 'at the heronshaw,' a heronry, from residence beside the same. Cotgrave has Old French haironniere, 'a heron's neast, or ayrie; a hemeshaw, or shaw of wood wherein herons breed' (v. heronshaw, Skeat). Probably Henshaw (which see) is a variant of Hernshaw.

Johannes Hemshagh, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1631. Laurence Eamshaw, of Hollingworth: Wills at Chester.

1800. Married — Thomas Dunkle and Elizabeth Eamshaw: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Eagle- Wood [Old English earn, an eagle + sc(e)aga, a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local-from Anglo-Saxon earn, an eagle, and sceaga, a wilderness, (Leo) grove, or shaw.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire Or Ernsheugh, Berwick.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Joshua Earnshaw, merchant, who was lord mayor of York in 1692, was the son of a yeoman of Holme in the parish of Kirkburton: be founded a school at Holme, and worthily endowed with social position and good fame his family and their descendants (Morehouse's "Kirkburton"). The Earnshaws are still in Kirkburton.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Earnshaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Earnshaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Earnshaw is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Earnshaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Earnshaw is the 58,449th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 842,393 people. The surname Earnshaw occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Earnshaw live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename in the world, held by 10 people.

Earnshaw is most widely held in England, where it is held by 4,485 people, or 1 in 12,423. In England Earnshaw is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 25 percent live, Lancashire, where 12 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account England it is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Earnshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Earnshaw has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 567 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 936 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 625 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Earnshaw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Congregationalist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Earnshaw surname are 1.35% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.58% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Earnshaw earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 36.03% more than the national average, earning R 323,268 per year; in United States they earn 10.46% more than the national average, earning $47,661 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $52,936 CAD per year.

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Earnshaw Reference & Research

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