How common is the surname Haworth?

5,030 people in the United States had the surname Haworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,381 Americans. It ranked 6,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haworth?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Haworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haworth?

Norman Haworth, British chemist (1883-1950), followed by Jill Haworth.

Where is the surname Haworth most common?

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

How do you pronounce Haworth?

Haworth is /ˈhaʊəθ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Haworth getting more or less common?

More common. 4,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,030 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Haworth

An English place surname, carried by 5,030 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhaʊəθ/ 2 syllables Soundex H630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haworth is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Haworth 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 5,030 people named Haworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,381 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,832.

#6,714

rank among US surnames

5,030

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,482)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344
#6,711	Boyette	5,032	61,356
#6,713	Forde	5,031	61,369
#6,714	Briceno	5,030	61,381
#6,716	Parmer	5,029	61,393

Who is named Haworth

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

93% of people named Haworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haworths

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Haworth
British chemist (1883-1950)
Jill Haworth
British actress (1945-2011)
Jann Haworth
American artist (born 1942)
Leland John Haworth
American particle physicist, 1904–1979

Notable Haworths come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haworth

Haworth has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haworth come from?: From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Haworth?: 5,030 people in the United States had the surname Haworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,381 Americans. It ranked 6,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haworth?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Haworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haworth?: Norman Haworth, British chemist (1883-1950), followed by Jill Haworth.
Where is the surname Haworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Haworth in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Haworth?: Haworth is /ˈhaʊəθ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Haworth?: Haworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haworth getting more or less common?: More common. 4,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,030 in 2010, up 4.1%.