# Unsworth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/unsworth/  
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) | 975 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,381 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 316,662 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (898 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Unsworth 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Unsworth in the United Kingdom.

## People named Unsworth

- Geoffrey Unsworth, British cinematographer (1914-1978)
- David Unsworth, association football player from England (born 1973)

## Similar surnames

Unser, Unger, Ungar.

## 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.