# Southworth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/southworth/  
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) | 4,783 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,004 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,551 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (4,750 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sudworth |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Southworth 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Southworth in the United States.

## People named Southworth

- E. D. E. N. Southworth, American writer (1819–1899)

## Similar surnames

Southard, Southward, Stewart, Stuart, Stroud, Stratton, Steward, Street, Streeter, Sturdivant, Strother, Strait.

## 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.