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Surname Kershaw (克肖 , Kershaw , קרשו ) , in the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Kershaw is characteristic of Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Much less frequently, Kershaw is the forename as well as the last name.