Hernshaw Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Hernshaw 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.
Read More About This SurnameHernshaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Hernshaw 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.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) 1 a nickname from the Young Heron [Early Modern English herne- shaw, Middle English heronsewe, Old French herounceau, herouncel, diminutive from Old French hairon, from O.H.Ger.
heigir with suff. -on] As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight At an herneshaw that lyes aloft on wing.
—Spenser, Faerie Queene, VI. vii. 9. 2 Dweller at a Heronry [as above, with confusion with Middle English shaw(e, Old English sc(e)aga, a wood] [HERON, HERRON] (Anglo-French-Teut.) 1 a nickname from the bird.
2 a name derived from a trade-sign [Middle English heron, heroun, hen(e, Old French hairon (Mod. French héron), as above] (Celtic) for A’He(a)rn, q.v. (Joyce)
Local-from Anglo-Saxon earn, an eagle, and sceaga, a wilderness, (Leo) grove, or shaw.
Local. From hern, a kind of fowl, a hern, and shaw, a shady inclosure, a place where hems breed.
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.
Hernshaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hernshaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hernshaw occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hernshaw? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Hernshaw are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Hernshaw is primarily concentrated in: Washington, where 100 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside.
Hernshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hernshaw has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearnshaw | 94 | 465 | / |
| Herinshaw | 94 | 0 | / |
| Ernshaw | 93 | 21 | / |
| Hearnshaws | 89 | 1 | / |
| Herrinshaw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Earnshaw | 88 | 8,651 | / |
| Hornshaw | 88 | 373 | / |
| Erenshaw | 88 | 5 | / |
| Gernshaw | 88 | 1 | / |
| Erinshaw | 88 | 1 | / |
| Harnshaw | 88 | 0 | / |
| Ehrnshaw | 88 | 0 | / |
| Earnshawe | 82 | 0 | / |
| Horenshaw | 82 | 0 | / |
| Arnshaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Earnsaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chernshova | 78 | 2 | / |
| Orenshaw | 75 | 70 | / |
| Earnsahw | 75 | 6 | / |
| Earnshow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Cherenshova | 74 | 4 | / |
| Chernshov | 71 | 3 | / |
| Orrenshaw | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ehrenshaft | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ernshof | 67 | 10 | / |
| Arnshav | 67 | 9 | / |
| Cherenshov | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ernsova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cherensova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherynshov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erginsav | 63 | 6 | / |
| Ehrensaft | 59 | 46 | / |
| Cherensov | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cheremshov | 56 | 15 | / |
| Cherenchov | 56 | 1 | / |
| Arnshof | 53 | 8 | / |
| Arnshoff | 50 | 11 | / |
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