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The sherlock Surname

sherlock Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for someone with fair hair or a lock of fair hair, from Middle English schirloc, composed of words meaning ‘bright’, ‘fair’ + ‘lock (of hair)’. This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The sherlock name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the sherlock family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of sherlock Families in the US in 1920
Number of sherlock families
 75-147
 26-74		 1-25
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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