How common is the surname Wadsworth?

9,912 people in the United States had the surname Wadsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,149 Americans. It ranked 3,588th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Wadsworth?

Wadsworth is /ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wadsworth getting more or less common?

More common. 9,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,912 in 2010, up 3.0%.

Is Wadsworth also a first name?

Yes. Wadsworth is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wadsworth

An English place surname, carried by 9,912 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ/ 2 syllables Soundex W326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wadsworth is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Wadsworth is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 9,912 people named Wadsworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,149 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,625.

#3,588

rank among US surnames

9,912

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,406)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,579	Abney	9,948	31,036
#3,580	Albertson	9,943	31,052
#3,581	Littleton	9,939	31,064
#3,582	Hallman	9,938	31,067
#3,583	Cone	9,935	31,077
#3,585	Stephen	9,925	31,108
#3,586	Free	9,923	31,114

Who is named Wadsworth

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

89% of people named Wadsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wordsworth

Surnames that sound like Wadsworth

Wedgeworth

Wadsworth has the Soundex code W326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W326.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wadsworth come from?: From the Old English personal name Wæddi + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Wadsworth?: 9,912 people in the United States had the surname Wadsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,149 Americans. It ranked 3,588th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wadsworth?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wadsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Wadsworth?: Wadsworth is /ˈwɒdzwə(ɹ)θ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Wadsworth?: Wadsworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wadsworth getting more or less common?: More common. 9,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,912 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of Wadsworth?: Wordsworth.
Is Wadsworth also a first name?: Yes. Wadsworth is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.