How common is the surname Worthing?

834 people in the United States had the surname Worthing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 370,198 Americans. It ranked 28,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Worthing?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Worthing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Worthing?

Worthing is /ˈwəːðɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Worthing getting more or less common?

Less common. 868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 834 in 2010, down 3.9%.

The surname Worthing

An English place surname, carried by 834 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwəːðɪŋ/ 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). Worthing is more common than 82.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 834 people named Worthing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 370,198 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 868.

#28,587

rank among US surnames

834

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.9%

change since 2000 (was #26,446)

Who is named Worthing

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

94% of people named Worthing identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Worthing

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Worthing come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Worthing?: 834 people in the United States had the surname Worthing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 370,198 Americans. It ranked 28,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Worthing?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Worthing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Worthing?: Worthing is /ˈwəːðɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Worthing?: Worthing is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Worthing getting more or less common?: Less common. 868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 834 in 2010, down 3.9%.