How common is the surname Ainsworth?

9,149 people in the United States had the surname Ainsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,746 Americans. It ranked 3,874th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ainsworth?

Mary Ainsworth, American-Canadian psychologist & scholar, followed by Lexi Ainsworth.

Where is the surname Ainsworth most common?

Wikidata records people named Ainsworth in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Ainsworth?

Ainsworth is /ˈeɪnz.wɝθ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ainsworth getting more or less common?

More common. 9,102 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,149 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Ainsworth

An English place surname, carried by 9,149 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈeɪnz.wɝθ/ 2 syllables Soundex A526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ainsworth is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".

Ainsworth is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,149 people named Ainsworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,746 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,102.

#3,874

rank among US surnames

9,149

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,585)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,865	Buss	9,177	33,643
#3,867	Hussey	9,176	33,647
#3,868	Smoot	9,168	33,676
#3,869	Dugger	9,164	33,691
#3,870	Bittner	9,163	33,695
#3,871	Soliz	9,159	33,710
#3,872	Runyon	9,153	33,732

Who is named Ainsworth

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Ainsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ainsworths

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Ainsworth
American-Canadian psychologist & scholar, 1913–1999
Lexi Ainsworth
American actress, born 1992
Helen Ainsworth
American actress (1901-1961)
Kacey Ainsworth
Actress, born 1968
Will Ainsworth
American politician, born 1981
Kurt Ainsworth
Baseball player, born 1978

Notable Ainsworths come mostly from the United States (4), Canada (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ainsworth come from?: From Old English Ægen + -es and worþ or worð, meaning "Aegen's enclosure".
How common is the surname Ainsworth?: 9,149 people in the United States had the surname Ainsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,746 Americans. It ranked 3,874th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ainsworth?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ainsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ainsworth?: Mary Ainsworth, American-Canadian psychologist & scholar, followed by Lexi Ainsworth.
Where is the surname Ainsworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Ainsworth in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Ainsworth?: Ainsworth is /ˈeɪnz.wɝθ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Ainsworth?: Ainsworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ainsworth getting more or less common?: More common. 9,102 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,149 in 2010, up 0.5%.