Sharrock Surname
Approximately 5,407 people bear this surname
Sharrock Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at (apparently) the Shorn or Split Rock [from Old English sceran (prt. scear), to cut + -rocc (of Romanic orig.), a rock] Cp. Shorrock.
Sharrock Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,840 | 1:30,282 | 4,062 |
| Australia | 1,534 | 1:17,598 | 2,468 |
| United States | 1,507 | 1:240,517 | 22,998 |
| New Zealand | 199 | 1:22,755 | 3,990 |
| South Africa | 144 | 1:376,234 | 33,811 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:53,354 | 4,894 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 945 | 1:25,794 | 3,541 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 200 | 1:251,093 | 20,779 |
Sharrock (11) may also be a first name.
Sharrock Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at (apparently) the Shorn or Split Rock [from Old English sceran (prt. scear), to cut + -rocc (of Romanic orig.), a rock] Cp. Shorrock.
Sharrock and Shorrock are old Lancashire names. Thomas Shorrocks, Esq., was a Salford boroughreeve in 1771 (B.). John Shorrock was minister of Newchurch in Rossendale in 1767; De Shorrok and De Schorrock were names characteristic of the original parish of Whalley in the 13th and 14th centuries (W. W.).
Sharrock Demographics
Average Sharrock Salary in
United States
$42,668 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sharrock Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sharrock Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sharrock is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sharrock? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sharrock is the 88,815th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,347,798 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 36 percent of Sharrock live; 35 percent live in Northern Europe and 35 percent live in British Isles. Sharrock is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name globally, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 1,840 people, or 1 in 30,282. In England Sharrock is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 23 percent reside, Lancashire, where 17 percent reside and Merseyside, where 11 percent reside. Beside England this last name is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 28 percent reside.
Sharrock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sharrock has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sharrock surname rose 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 754 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sharrock Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sharrock last name is primarily Catholic (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States Sharrock are 24.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sharrock earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.37% more than the national average, earning R 366,852 per year; in United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.92% less than the national average, earning $43,763 CAD per year.
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Sharrock Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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