# Worrall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/worrall/  
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) | 1,881 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,551 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,139 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (1,807 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English wīr (“bog myrtle”) + healh (“nook, corner of land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Worrall 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Worrall in Australia.

## People named Worrall

- Jack Worrall, Australian sportsperson (1861-1937)

## Similar surnames

Worley, Worrell, Wehrle, Whorley, Werley.

## 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.