# Keyworth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keyworth/  
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) | 413 |
| US rank (2010) | 50,564 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 747,568 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.4% (423 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From an unclear first element, perhaps Old English cā (“jackdaw”), cȳ (“cows”), or cǣg (“key; peg, pole”), + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keyworth 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) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keyworth in the United Kingdom.

## People named Keyworth

- Gwyneth Keyworth, actress

## Similar surnames

Korth, Kort, Kurth, Korte, Krout, Kurt, Kraut, Korda, Kratt.

## 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.