Birkenshaw

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Birkinshaw, Burkinshaw === Etymology === From Old English birċen (“birchen, made of birch”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”). === Proper noun === Birkenshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Birkenshaws) A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS692586). A southern suburb of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7649). A village in Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE203279). A surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Birkenshaw is the 19989th most common surname in England, belonging to 227 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birkenshaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.