The Sherrill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,631 people carried this name — #2,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,389 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Sherrill was found among the farmers of Devon: 8 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Devon 8

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

18 families named Sherrill, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 146 people lived in those households, 8.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 12
Massachusetts 2
New York 2
Maryland 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Sherrill in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from The Dolores Star carrying the name Sherrill
The Dolores Star 1922-06-30
Newspaper page from The Meeker Herald carrying the name Sherrill
The Meeker Herald 1922-07-08
Newspaper page from The Elk Mountain Pilot carrying the name Sherrill
The Elk Mountain Pilot 1922-05-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,108 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sherrill in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

165 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sherrill. The most, 38, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 62
New South Wales 31
Western Australia 24
Queensland 18
Tasmania 13
South Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sherrill.

Who carried it

People named Sherrill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eliakim Sherrill
    Eliakim Sherrill 1813–1863 · politician
  • Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
    Charles Hitchcock Sherrill 1867–1936 · ambassador
  • Clarence Osborne Sherrill
    Clarence Osborne Sherrill 1876–1959 · military personnel
  • Jack Sherrill
    Jack Sherrill 1898–1973 · actor
  • Adam Sherrill 1697–1774
  • Emily Sherrill 1819–1906

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sherrill,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States760 records

760 records of the Sherrill name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 516
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 188
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Herbert Sherrill

    Born 1946; from St Albans, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lynn C. Sherrill

    Born 1917 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; aircraft worker from Orange County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George V. Sherrill

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1881, died 1950; buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 760 records for Sherrill in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sherrill name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles Sherrill

    Died 1935; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Thomas Russell Sherrill

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Frederick Leddra Sherrill

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Sherrill name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Sherrill

    Buried in 1806 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 55.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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