Sharrock

English

Alternative forms

• Shorrock

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English sċora (“bank; shore”) + āc (“oak”).

Proper noun

Sharrock (plural Sharrocks)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sharrock is the 23185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1100 individuals. Sharrock is most common among White (85.27%) and Black/African American (10.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sharrock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.