The KERSHAW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	4,819	6496	0.002	18
United States (1880 census)	1,215	4628	0.002	24
Change since 1880	+3604	-1868	0	-6
Other Countries
Australia	1,135	1449	0.007	69
United Kingdom	7,356	839	0.016	160

Top States for KERSHAW by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	403	6851	0.001	12
Florida	345	5734	0.002	22
Pennsylvania	326	4672	0.003	27
South Carolina	306	2075	0.008	76
New York	270	7190	0.001	14
Top States for KERSHAW by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
South Carolina	306	2075	0.008	76
Rhode Island	71	2325	0.007	68
New Hampshire	74	2520	0.006	60
Delaware	44	3104	0.006	56
Utah	125	2345	0.006	56

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KERSHAW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KERSHAW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KERSHAW in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KERSHAW by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KERSHAW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KERSHAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KERSHAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KERSHAW in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	877	18.2
White (Hispanic)	74	1.54
Mixed Race	73	1.51
Asian/Pacific	29	0.6
Native American/Alaskan	13	0.27
White (Caucasian)	3,753	77.88

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KERSHAW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to KERSHAW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KERSHAW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.