# Howarth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/howarth/  
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) | 4,269 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (4,182 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhoʊwəɹθ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Hawrth, Hourth, Hearwarthe, Huarth, Howorth |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Rochdale, in Lancashire, from Old English hōh (“spur of land”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Howarth 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Haworth, Hayworth, Howard, Hart, Hoard, Horta, Horwath, Hardy, Huerta, Heard, Hurt, Hurd.

## 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.