How common is the surname Duckworth?

12,080 people in the United States had the surname Duckworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,558 Americans. It ranked 2,968th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Duckworth?

Tammy Duckworth, American politician and military officer (born 1968), followed by James Duckworth.

Where is the surname Duckworth most common?

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

How do you pronounce Duckworth?

Duckworth is /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Duckworth getting more or less common?

More common. 11,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,080 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Duckworth

An English place surname, carried by 12,080 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/ 2 syllables Soundex D263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duckworth is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Duckworth 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 12,080 people named Duckworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,558 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,762.

#2,968

rank among US surnames

12,080

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,803)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,960	Razo	12,125	25,464
#2,961	Masterson	12,117	25,480
#2,962	Porras	12,106	25,504
#2,963	Moulton	12,104	25,508
#2,964	Monk	12,103	25,510
#2,965	Pence	12,101	25,514
#2,966	Hatton	12,090	25,537

Who is named Duckworth

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

80% of people named Duckworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Duckworths

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tammy Duckworth
American politician and military officer (born 1968)
James Duckworth
Australian tennis player (born 1992)
Angela Duckworth
American psychologist awarded MacArthur Fellowship, born 1970
Kevin Duckworth
American basketball player (1964–2008)
Tim Duckworth
British decathlete, born 1996

Notable Duckworths come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Duckworth

Ducksworth

Duckworth has the Soundex code D263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D263.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Duckworth come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Duckworth?: 12,080 people in the United States had the surname Duckworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,558 Americans. It ranked 2,968th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Duckworth?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Duckworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Duckworth?: Tammy Duckworth, American politician and military officer (born 1968), followed by James Duckworth.
Where is the surname Duckworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Duckworth in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Duckworth?: Duckworth is /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Duckworth?: Duckworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Duckworth getting more or less common?: More common. 11,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,080 in 2010, up 2.7%.