Holworthy Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Holworthy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Holworthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Jamaica361:79,7213,712
England301:1,857,26974,552
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025

Holworthy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Holworthy is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Holworthy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Holworthy is the 1,082,743rd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Holworthy reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Holworthy is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa Holworthy is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 96 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live and Free State, where 1 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 16 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Holworthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Holworthy has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Holworthy surname fell 32 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Holworthy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Holworthy last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Holworthy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 60.16% more than the national average, earning R 380,592 per year and in United States they earn 81.24% more than the national average, earning $78,203 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Holworthy
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