# Wadsworth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wadsworth/  
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) | 9,912 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,588 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,149 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (9,625 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Wordsworth |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wadsworth 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Wedgeworth, Whitaker, Whittaker, Witcher, Whitacre, Whiteaker, Whitcher, Widger, Whitchurch.

## 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.