Sherwood Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 21
Buckinghamshire 29
Berkshire 216
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 31
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 12
Derbyshire 38
Devon 16
Dorset 63
Durham 145
Essex 83
Gloucestershire 58
Hampshire 171
Herefordshire 11
Hertfordshire 51
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 205
Lancashire 390
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 37
London 623
Middlesex 107
Northumberland 61
Norfolk 104
Northamptonshire 83
Nottinghamshire 73
Oxfordshire 57
Rutland 0
Shropshire 74
Suffolk 61
Somerset 4
Surrey 173
Sussex 135
Staffordshire 251
Warwickshire 75
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 65
Worcestershire 203
Yorkshire 784

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 69
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 7

Sherwood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Sherwood family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 58
Living On Own Means 58
Dress Maker 31
General Servant Domestic 30
Agricultural Labourer 25
Scholar 23
Gardener Domestic 21
Farmer 21
Cook Domestic 18
School 16
Domestic Servant 15
House Maid Domestic 15
Blacksmith 14
Housemaid Domestic 14
Cotton Weaver 13
Charwoman 12
Carter On Farm 12
Carpenter 11
Servant Domestic 11
Butcher 11
Nurse Domestic 10
School Boy 10
Coachman Domestic 9
Gardener 9
Grocer Assistant 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Sherwood

Name Census Frequency
William Sherwood 1,857
Mary Sherwood 1,752
John Sherwood 1,505
Elizabeth Sherwood 1,177
George Sherwood 1,058
Sarah Sherwood 889
Thomas Sherwood 877
James Sherwood 807
Ann Sherwood 631
Henry Sherwood 623
Jane Sherwood 573
Charles Sherwood 554
Robert Sherwood 484
Joseph Sherwood 460
Eliza Sherwood 445
Annie Sherwood 438
Emma Sherwood 388
Alice Sherwood 385
Edward Sherwood 360
Ellen Sherwood 351
Arthur Sherwood 337
Frederick Sherwood 321
Emily Sherwood 298
Alfred Sherwood 286
Richard Sherwood 277

Sherwood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sherwood 100% 27,782
2 Isherwood 89% 23,105
3 Usherwood 89% 2,277
4 Sharwood 88% 1,963
5 Shearwood 89% 1,432
6 Sheerwood 89% 237
7 Asherwood 89% 195

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The surname Sherwood is the most popular version of all its varients

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