# Duckworth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/duckworth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,080 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,968 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,558 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (11,762 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Duckworth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Duckworth in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Duckworth

- Tammy Duckworth, American politician and military officer (born 1968)
- James Duckworth, Australian tennis player (born 1992)
- Angela Duckworth, American psychologist awarded MacArthur Fellowship
- Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (1964–2008)
- Tim Duckworth, British decathlete

## Similar surnames

Ducksworth, Dougherty, Daugherty, Deckard, Degroot, Desjardins, Degroat, Deckert, Dysart, Docherty, Dickert, Dygert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.