Ainsworth Surname

20,283rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Ainsworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ainsworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, formerly Aynesworth.

William de Aynesworth, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

John de Aynesworth, 43 Edward III: Baines' Lancashire.

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Ainsworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,6721:28,6033,556
England8,5821:6,492931
Australia2,7191:9,9291,478
Canada1,2241:30,1033,931
New Zealand3961:11,4351,993
Scotland2591:20,6712,396
Wales1961:15,7881,710
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Jamaica1401:20,5001,781
Ireland841:56,0593,870
France631:1,054,329115,549
Northern Ireland611:30,2463,146
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
United Arab Emirates321:286,32119,784
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Guyana131:58,6324,970
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
China31:455,773,85521,925
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland361:123,0527,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,8831:4,143609
Scotland341:110,0955,249
Wales321:49,0132,509
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0101:24,9843,099

Ainsworth (1,318) may also be a first name.

Ainsworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ainsworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire, formerly Aynesworth.

William de Aynesworth, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

John de Aynesworth, 43 Edward III: Baines' Lancashire.

Lawrence Ainsworth, of Pleasington, 1573: Wills at Chester.

William Allen, of Ainsworth, 1588: ibid.

Cecilia Ainsworth. of Ainsworth, widow, 1630: ibid. (1620-50).

John Aynsworth (Line. Coll.): Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(Eng) belonging to Ainsworth = Æne’s or Ægen’s Estate. [Old English worð, estate, farm], John de Aynesworth, A.D. 1310.— Lanc. Fines.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Ainsworth (Aegen’s homestead), in Lancashire.

Airth (Scottish) One who came from the barony of Airth (level green among hills), in Stirlingshire.

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

A chapelry in the parish of Middleton, near Manchester. AIR. From Ayr, a town of Scotland, capital of Ayrshire. The family had doubtless lost sight of their having been originally "of that ilk" when they assumed for arms, Argent, a cameleon proper, in allusion to the unsubstantial food of that animal.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(British and Welsh.) Local. From aim, a spring, a river, and gwerth, a place, possession, or court. In the British and Gaelic, Aun, Ain, Au, Hain, Aon, and Avon, signify a river; the place or possession on the river.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Ains' or Ainulph's farm or manor.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Lancashire.

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

The Ainsworths, who derive their name from a Lancashire township, are at present most numerous in the Blackburn district. The Ainsworths of Plessington, an ancient family, came into the possession of the manor of Plessington in the reign of Henry VI. Another ancient family of the name lived in the vicinity of Bolton. Henry Ainsworth, the eminent biblical scholar of the 16th and 17th centuries, belonged to the Plessington family: whilst Robert Ainsworth the celebrated lexicographer of the 17th and 18th centuries hailed from the Bolton stock (B.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Ainsworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ainsworth has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ainsworth.

How Common Is The Last Name Ainsworth? popularity and diffusion

Ainsworth is the 20,283rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 270,189 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Ainsworth reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 216,497th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 1,318 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 12,672 people, or 1 in 28,603. In The United States Ainsworth is most prevalent in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Mississippi, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 73 countries. It is also found in England, where 32 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Ainsworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ainsworth has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 630 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 762 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 613 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 233 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Ainsworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (64%) in Ireland.

In The United States Ainsworth are 10.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.78% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ainsworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 1313.22% more than the national average, earning S/. 273,953 per year; in South Africa they earn 577.82% more than the national average, earning R 1,610,750 per year; in United States they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $43,231 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,955 CAD per year.

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