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    The surname Longworth

    An English surname, carried by 2,196 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L526

    Longworth: #13,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Longworth #13,775, 2,196 people Longworth: #13,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Longworth #13,775, 2,196 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Longworth is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English lang (“long”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

    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 2,196 people named Longworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,595 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,236.

    #13,775
    rank among US surnames
    2,196
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,686)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,771Badgley2,197140,531
    #13,775Balke2,196140,595
    #13,781Pettengill2,195140,659

    Who is named Longworth

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

    92% of people named Longworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Longworths

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nicholas Longworth
      American politician (1869-1931)
    • Alice Lee Roosevelt
      American writer and socialite (1884–1980)

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    Surnames that sound like Longworth

    Longworth has the Soundex code L526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L526.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Longworth come from?
    From Old English lang (“long”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
    How common is the surname Longworth?
    2,196 people in the United States had the surname Longworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,595 Americans. It ranked 13,775th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Longworth?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Longworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Longworth?
    Nicholas Longworth, American politician (1869-1931), followed by Alice Lee Roosevelt.
    Where is the surname Longworth most common?
    Wikidata records people named Longworth in the United States.
    Is the surname Longworth getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,196 in 2010, down 1.8%.