# Haworth (surname)

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

A habitational 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) | 5,030 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (4,832 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhaʊəθ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haworth 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haworth in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Haworth

- Norman Haworth, British chemist (1883-1950)
- Jill Haworth, British actress (1945-2011)
- Jann Haworth, American artist (born 1942)
- Leland John Haworth, American particle physicist

## Similar surnames

Howarth, Hayworth, Hart, Harty, Harte, Hardt, Horwath, Hartt, Howard, Hardy, Huerta, Heard.

## 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.