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The surname Illingworth

An English place surname, carried by 1,130 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex I452

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Illingworth is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Illa + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Illingworth 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 1,130 people named Illingworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,007.

#22,689
rank among US surnames
1,130
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+12.2%
change since 2000 (was #23,514)

Who is named Illingworth

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

82% of people named Illingworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 82%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Illingworth come from?
From the Old English personal name *Illa + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Illingworth?
1,130 people in the United States had the surname Illingworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. It ranked 22,689th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Illingworth?
In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Illingworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Illingworth?
Illingworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Illingworth getting more or less common?
More common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,130 in 2010, up 12%.