How common is the surname Worthen?

4,197 people in the United States had the surname Worthen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,563 Americans. It ranked 7,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Worthen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,197 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Worthen

A surname, carried by 4,197 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Worthen is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,197 people named Worthen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,563 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,961.

#7,888

rank among US surnames

4,197

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #7,733)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,880	McGlynn	4,200	73,511
#7,882	Fritsch	4,199	73,528
#7,885	Gallaher	4,198	73,546
#7,888	Llanes	4,197	73,563
#7,891	Strasser	4,196	73,581
#7,894	Gallimore	4,195	73,598
#7,896	Brawley	4,193	73,634

Who is named Worthen

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

73% of people named Worthen identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Worthen

Worthen has the Soundex code W635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W635.

Questions

How common is the surname Worthen?: 4,197 people in the United States had the surname Worthen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,563 Americans. It ranked 7,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Worthen?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Worthen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Worthen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,197 in 2010, up 6.0%.