How common is the surname Worthy?

8,795 people in the United States had the surname Worthy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,105 Americans. It ranked 4,040th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Worthy?

James Worthy, American basketball player (born 1961), followed by Rick Worthy.

Where is the surname Worthy most common?

Wikidata records people named Worthy in the United States.

Is the surname Worthy getting more or less common?

More common. 8,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,795 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Worthy

A surname, carried by 8,795 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Worthy is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Possibly from worthy.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,795 people named Worthy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,105 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,327.

#4,040

rank among US surnames

8,795

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,031	Dodds	8,813	35,033
#4,032	Clouse	8,809	35,049
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081
#4,039	Lehmann	8,799	35,089

Who is named Worthy

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

56% of people named Worthy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Worthys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Worthy
American basketball player (born 1961)
Rick Worthy
American actor, born 1967
Westside Gunn
American rapper, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Worthy

Worthy has the Soundex code W630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W630.

Questions

Where does the surname Worthy come from?: Possibly from worthy.
How common is the surname Worthy?: 8,795 people in the United States had the surname Worthy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,105 Americans. It ranked 4,040th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Worthy?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Worthy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Worthy?: James Worthy, American basketball player (born 1961), followed by Rick Worthy.
Where is the surname Worthy most common?: Wikidata records people named Worthy in the United States.
Is the surname Worthy getting more or less common?: More common. 8,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,795 in 2010, up 5.6%.