Sherrington Surname

164,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Sherrington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherrington,' parishes in the the Dioceses of Oxford and Salisbury; compare Cherrington, Charrington, and Carrington.

1567-8. Alec. Sherington and Edith Home: Marriage Lic.

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Sherrington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4901:37,3954,885
Australia4551:59,3317,200
Canada1771:208,16720,218
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
Thailand881:802,708129,613
Wales621:49,9124,670
Scotland551:97,3426,721
Chile321:550,51513,718
Jamaica221:130,4524,751
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6171:39,5065,036
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sherrington (22) may also be a first name.

Sherrington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherrington,' parishes in the the Dioceses of Oxford and Salisbury; compare Cherrington, Charrington, and Carrington.

1567-8. Alec. Sherington and Edith Home: Marriage Lic. (London).

1642. Baptised — John, s. William Sherrington: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1662. Buried — Elizabeth, d. William Sherington: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

(English) belonging to Sherrington, Anglo-Saxon *Scíringa-tún = the Estate of the Scír- Family [Old English scír, bright, splendid + -inga, genit. pl. ot the son suff. -ing + tún, estate, etc.] The Wilts place was Sherinton, a.d. 1321-2.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire.

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

Sherrington Last Name Facts

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

Sherrington (Russian: Шеррингтон) has its highest incidence in England. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherrington? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 164,440th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,762,527 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Sherrington live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles. Sherrington is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent given name globally, held by 22 people.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 1,490 people, or 1 in 37,395. In England it is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 18 percent are found, Lancashire, where 15 percent are found and West Midlands, where 9 percent are found. Excluding England this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Sherrington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sherrington has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sherrington surname expanded 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 2,150 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,240 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 917 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sherrington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sherrington last name are 22.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.44% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sherrington earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 21.37% less than the national average, earning R 186,852 per year; in United States they earn 31.85% more than the national average, earning $56,893 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.17% more than the national average, earning $57,716 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sherrington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sherrington in the Russian language
Шеррингтонserrington-

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