How common is the surname Walworth?

1,171 people in the United States had the surname Walworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. It ranked 22,106th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walworth?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Walworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Walworth?

Walworth is /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Walworth getting more or less common?

More common. 1,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,171 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Walworth

An English place surname, carried by 1,171 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/ 2 syllables Soundex W463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walworth is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.

Walworth 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 1,171 people named Walworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,140.

#22,106

rank among US surnames

1,171

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,106	Cebula	1,171	263,660
#22,113	Mansoor	1,170	263,885

Who is named Walworth

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

96% of people named Walworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walworth

Walrath

Walworth has the Soundex code W463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W463.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walworth come from?: From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.
How common is the surname Walworth?: 1,171 people in the United States had the surname Walworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. It ranked 22,106th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walworth?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Walworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Walworth?: Walworth is /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Walworth?: Walworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Walworth getting more or less common?: More common. 1,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,171 in 2010, up 2.7%.