# Farnsworth (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,203 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,939 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.5% (11,563 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Farnsworth 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Farnsworth in the United States.

## People named Farnsworth

- Richard Farnsworth, American actor (1920–2000)
- Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (1906–1971)
- Emma Justine Farnsworth, American photographer (1860–1952)

## Similar surnames

Franklin, Francis, Franco, Frank, French, Franks, Francisco, François, France, Franz, Farrington, Frankel.

## 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.