Last Name SHERWOOD

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Meaning	Local: Of Sherwood, i.e. Sherwood Forest. From the Saxon 'sher' ('scir'), clear, and 'wood,' a clearing in the wood, or the cleared woods; or as Bailey gives the word, "Sheer-wood, in Nottinghamshire." It may be derived from 'shire,' (Saxon) 'scire,' German 'schier,' to divide, a portion or division of land; of which divisions there are forty in England, twelve in Wales, and twenty four in Scotland.

Origin	English, Irish, Anglo-saxon, South african

Rank	1,567 (2000 US census)	1,794 (1990 US census)

Count	20,998 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.29%, or 19379 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.61%, or 548 total occurrences, as black,
0.63%, or 132 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.91%, or 191 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 277 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.23%, or 468 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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