# Wortley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wortley/  
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) | 489 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,034 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 631,381 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (504 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Worley |

## Etymology

From Old English wyrt (“plant, vegetable”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wort + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wortley 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Wardell, Wardlaw, Wardlow, Wardle, Wardwell.

## 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.