# Worm (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/worm/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,052 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,978 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 293,484 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.8% (1,082 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish and German Worm.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Worm 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Worm in Austria.

## People named Worm

- Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist (1945-2007)

## Similar surnames

Wurm, Warren, Wren, Wrenn, Warne, Wareham, Wrona, Warn.

## 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.