How common is the surname Wentworth?

8,023 people in the United States had the surname Wentworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,483 Americans. It ranked 4,428th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wentworth?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wentworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wentworth?

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English earl and politician (1593–1641), followed by Martha Wentworth.

Where is the surname Wentworth most common?

Wikidata records people named Wentworth in the United States, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Wentworth getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,023 in 2010, down 1.4%.

Is Wentworth also a first name?

Yes. Wentworth 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 Wentworth

An English place surname, carried by 8,023 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wentworth is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Wentworth 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 8,023 people named Wentworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,483 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,139.

#4,428

rank among US surnames

8,023

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,420	Marek	8,042	38,392
#4,421	Castellon	8,041	38,396
#4,422	Dellinger	8,040	38,401
#4,423	Leo	8,039	38,406
#4,424	Shinn	8,038	38,411
#4,425	Bogan	8,034	38,430
#4,426	Steinmetz	8,032	38,439

Who is named Wentworth

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

94% of people named Wentworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wentworths

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Wentworth
1st Earl of Strafford, English earl and politician (1593–1641)
Martha Wentworth
American actress (1889-1974)
William Charles Wentworth
Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician (1790-1872)
Ali Wentworth
American actress, born 1965
John Wentworth
American newspaper editor and politician (1815-1888)

Notable Wentworths come mostly from the United States (3), the Kingdom of England (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Wentworth

Wendorf

Wentworth has the Soundex code W536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W536.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wentworth come from?: From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Wentworth?: 8,023 people in the United States had the surname Wentworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,483 Americans. It ranked 4,428th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wentworth?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wentworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wentworth?: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English earl and politician (1593–1641), followed by Martha Wentworth.
Where is the surname Wentworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Wentworth in the United States, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Wentworth?: Wentworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wentworth getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,023 in 2010, down 1.4%.
Is Wentworth also a first name?: Yes. Wentworth 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.