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    The surname Worsley

    A place surname, carried by 2,147 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/ 2 syllables Soundex W624

    Worsley: #14,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Worsley #14,030, 2,147 people Worsley: #14,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Worsley #14,030, 2,147 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Worsley is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,147 people named Worsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,005.

    #14,030
    rank among US surnames
    2,147
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,830)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,025Blackmer2,148143,736
    #14,030Dziedzic2,147143,803
    #14,038Sang2,146143,870

    Who is named Worsley

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

    58% of people named Worsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Worsleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wallace Worsley
      American actor-film director (1878-1944)
    • Arthington Worsley
      British botanist (1861-1944)

    Notable Worsleys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Worsley

    Worsley has the Soundex code W624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W624.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Worsley come from?
    From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-,…
    How common is the surname Worsley?
    2,147 people in the United States had the surname Worsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. It ranked 14,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Worsley?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Worsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Worsley?
    Wallace Worsley, American actor-film director (1878-1944), followed by Arthington Worsley.
    Where is the surname Worsley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Worsley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Worsley?
    Worsley is /ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Worsley?
    Worsley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Worsley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,147 in 2010, up 7.1%.