Shardlow Surname

280,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Shardlow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Shardlow,' a township in the parish of Aston-upon-Trent, Derbyshire.

Edmund de Scardelowe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Shardlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8371:66,5697,725
Australia1551:174,16617,758
United States1421:2,552,528155,105
Canada841:438,63838,170
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Wales211:147,35910,403
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4111:59,3076,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Shardlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Shardlow,' a township in the parish of Aston-upon-Trent, Derbyshire.

Edmund de Scardelowe, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(English) belonging to Shardlow (Derby), 14th cent. Shardelowe, 13th -cent.

Scardelowe = the Notched or Cut Hill [Old English sp(e)ard, notched + hlǽw, a hill, tumulus]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Derbyshire.

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

Shardlow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shardlow occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shardlow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shardlow is the 280,304th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,288,495 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Shardlow live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 837 people, or 1 in 66,569. In England Shardlow is primarily found in: Derbyshire, where 19 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 16 percent live and Leicestershire, where 7 percent live. Other than England this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Shardlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shardlow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Shardlow last name grew 204 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 676 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shardlow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shardlow surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Shardlow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.55% more than the national average, earning R 336,372 per year; in United States they earn 3.76% more than the national average, earning $44,771 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $46,910 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shardelow94231/
Shardalow946/
Shardlaw881/
Shardelaw821/
Shortlow750/
Serdlov671/
Sherdalyyew631/

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Shardlow Reference & Research

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