Whitworth Surname

23,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Whitworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whitworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has a vigorous existence in the county Palatine.

1615. Susanna Whitworth, of Castleton, parish of Rochdale: Wills at Chester.

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Whitworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,1371:25,6393,226
England6,5021:8,5691,247
Australia1,3101:20,6072,857
Canada6841:53,8686,422
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Scotland901:59,4874,887
Wales831:37,2843,678
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
France321:2,075,710171,237
Guernsey221:2,929767
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
China31:455,773,85521,925
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,0061:4,869733
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8981:26,4593,257

Whitworth (33) may also be a first name.

Whitworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whitworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has a vigorous existence in the county Palatine.

1615. Susanna Whitworth, of Castleton, parish of Rochdale: Wills at Chester.

1619. James Whitworth, of Brandwood, parish of Rochdale: ibid.

1635. Married — Jeremy Whitworth and Mary Pecke: St. Mary Aldermary.

1646. Edmund Whitworth, of Prestwich, husbandman: Wills at Chester.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Whitworth = the White Farmstead [Old English hwít+ worð] Whitworth, Lanc., was Whyteword in the 13th cent., Wyteworth and Whiteworth in the 14th.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Whitworth (Hwita's homestead), the name of places in Durham and Lancashire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Chapelries in Durham and Lancashire. The Whitworths of co. Durham were descendants of the Shaftos of Northumberland. Slogans of the North of England, p. xvii.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Durham, Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Whitworth Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whitworth Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Whitworth is found most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitworth? popularity and diffusion

Whitworth is the 23,141st most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 311,101 people. Whitworth occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Whitworth are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Whitworth is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 33 people.

The surname Whitworth is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 14,137 people, or 1 in 25,639. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Missouri, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 60 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Whitworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitworth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitworth surname rose 745 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 692 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whitworth last name are 18.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.26% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whitworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 252.08% more than the national average, earning R 836,676 per year; in United States they earn 3.08% less than the national average, earning $41,819 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $53,787 CAD per year.

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