How common is the surname Worthington?

14,452 people in the United States had the surname Worthington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,364 Americans. It ranked 2,503rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Worthington?

Sam Worthington, Australian and English actor (born 1976), followed by Eleanor Worthington Cox.

Where is the surname Worthington most common?

Wikidata records people named Worthington in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Worthington getting more or less common?

More common. 14,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,452 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Worthington

An English place surname, carried by 14,452 people in the United States.

3 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). Worthington is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Worthington 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 14,452 people named Worthington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,364 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,038.

#2,503

rank among US surnames

14,452

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,494	Tobias	14,482	21,319
#2,495	Soria	14,477	21,327
#2,496	Limon	14,472	21,334
#2,497	Diggs	14,467	21,341
#2,498	Parish	14,466	21,343
#2,499	Luong	14,464	21,346
#2,500	Resendiz	14,457	21,356

Who is named Worthington

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

88% of people named Worthington identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Worthingtons

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Worthington
Australian and English actor (born 1976)
Eleanor Worthington Cox
British actress, born 2001
William Worthington
American silent film actor and director (1872-1941)
Charlotte Worthington
British bicycle motocross rider, born 1996
Mark Worthington
Australian basketball player (born 1983)
George Worthington
Australian tennis player (1928–1964)
Cal Worthington
American businessman, 1920–2013
Lara Worthington
Australian model and social media personality, born 1987
Justin Henry
American actor, born 1971

Notable Worthingtons come mostly from Australia (4), the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Worthington

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Worthington come from?: From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Worthington?: 14,452 people in the United States had the surname Worthington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,364 Americans. It ranked 2,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Worthington?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Worthington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Worthington?: Sam Worthington, Australian and English actor (born 1976), followed by Eleanor Worthington Cox.
Where is the surname Worthington most common?: Wikidata records people named Worthington in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Worthington?: Worthington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Worthington getting more or less common?: More common. 14,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,452 in 2010, up 2.9%.