# Worthy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/worthy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,795 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,040 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,105 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (8,327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Possibly from worthy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Worthy 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) | 38% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Worthy in the United States.

## People named Worthy

- James Worthy, American basketball player (born 1961)
- Rick Worthy, American actor
- Westside Gunn, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Wirth, Worth, Werth, Worthey, Wurth, Word, Ward, Wert, Wirt, Warda.

## 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.