Sharland

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived at the shorn or separated land, from Old English sċieran (“to cut, shear”) + land.

Proper noun

Sharland (plural Sharlands)

1. A surname from Old English.
   • 1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37:

     The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sharland is the 79338^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 240 individuals. Sharland is most common among White (96.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sharland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Harlands