Sherwill Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Sherwill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherwill,' a parish in Devon, four miles from Barnstaple.

1789. Married — Ralph Shervill and Mary Clarke: St. George, Hanover Square.

Sherwill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia561:482,06636,890
United States341:10,660,557428,392
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
England71:7,959,723202,100
Wales41:773,63329,106
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Guernsey31:10,8851,562

Sherwill (41) may also be a first name.

Sherwill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherwill,' a parish in Devon, four miles from Barnstaple.

1789. Married — Ralph Shervill and Mary Clarke: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

1 (English) belonging to Sherwell or Sherwill (Devon); or Dweller at the Clear Spring [Old English scír, clear, pure + w(i)ella, wylla, a spring, wel] A scírwylla occurs in a charter by Offa, A.D. 785.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Devonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Sherwills and Sherrills, who are in both cases established in the district of Ivybridge, take the name of a Devonshire parish. Nicholas Sherwill was mayor of Plymouth in 1637 (W. P.).

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

Sherwill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sherwill is found most frequently in Australia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherwill? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sherwill is the 1,620,164th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Sherwill occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Sherwill live; 63 percent live in Australasia and 63 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 41 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 482,066. In Australia Sherwill is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 79 percent reside, New South Wales, where 18 percent reside and Queensland, where 4 percent reside. Not including Australia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent reside and New Zealand, where 18 percent reside.

Sherwill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sherwill has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sherwill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sherwill last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the political party.

Sherwill earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Serwill9313/
Sherwil930/
Sherwell88744/
Sherbill8831/
Serwil864/
Scherwell820/
Searwille820/
Serwell8014/
Seirwil801/
Zerwill801/
Sherwel800/
Sharwell7542/
Sherbell7521/
Szerwiel756/
Shorwell751/
Szerwell751/
Seerwell751/
Shirwell751/
Cherwell750/
Sarwil712/
Sherbl711/
Shorrwell710/
Scherbl67114/
Serbell6717/
Sherbel6713/
Sirwell6710/
Sorwell678/
Sarwell675/
Cheruil671/
Serwleh671/
Zerbill671/

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