# Worthing (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/worthing/  
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) | 834 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 370,198 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.9% (868 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwəːðɪŋ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* The name of the village in Norfolk derives from Old English worþig (“enclosure”). * The name of the town in West Sussex derives from the unattested Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Worthing 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Worthington, Wortham, Wortman, Worthen, Wharton, Warden, Worden, Whorton, Wroten, Warthen, Wertman, Wertheimer.

## 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.