Earnshaw

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English earn (“eagle”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”).

Proper noun

Earnshaw (plural Earnshaws)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Earnshaw is the 24718^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1009 individuals. Earnshaw is most common among White (92.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Earnshaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 508.