Last Name OLDERSHAW

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Meaning Local: At the alder-shaw, more correctly the 'aller-shaw,' the 'd' being intrusive. Allern is adjectival, as in Linden, Beechenm Birken, Oaken. Thus Ollernshaw is the nearest to a correct form. The spot 'Ollerenshaw' is in the parish of Taxal, county Derby, close by Shallcross Hall. Rev. M. Ollerenshaw was minister of Mellor, county Derby, in 1810.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 108,734 (2000 US census) 69,489 (1990 US census)
Count 151 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.36%, or 144 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 3.97%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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