Sharples Family History
Sharples Name Meaning
English (common in Lancashire): habitational name from Sharples
Hall near Bolton, probably so called from Old English scearp
‘sharp’, i.e. ‘steep’ + l?s ‘pasture’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sharples Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sharples families
 35 - 68  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sharples families
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2,540 - 5,078 847 - 2,539 |
1 - 846 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sharples families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sharples Family Origin
Sharples Immigration Information
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Sharples Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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