Langworthy Surname

142,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Langworthy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langworth'; v. Worth; compare Kenworthy, Whitworth, &c Probably the name may be referred to Upper Langwith, a parish in Derbyshire; compare Askwith for Askworth.

William de Langwathe, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Langworthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4991:145,04214,992
England3331:167,32115,468
Australia1561:173,04917,681
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Wales321:96,7047,743
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3371:72,3308,013
Jersey31:17,2942,528
Wales31:522,80514,314
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8531:58,8736,516

Langworthy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langworth'; v. Worth; compare Kenworthy, Whitworth, &c Probably the name may be referred to Upper Langwith, a parish in Derbyshire; compare Askwith for Askworth.

William de Langwathe, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Langworthe, Worcestershire, 1576: Register of the University of Oxford.

1524. Thomas Bartnelett and Agnes Langwyth: Marriage Lic. (London).

1762. Married — Arthur Langworth and Sarah Buckoke: St. George, Hanover Square.

1803. — Peter Flinn and Sarah Langworthy: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Langworth(y, or Dweller at the Long Enclosure or Estate [Old English lang + worþ, worþig] Some Langworths were doubtless originally Langwath or Langwith.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Devon.

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

The Langworthys were established in Ashburton and its neighbourhood in the 16th and 17th centuries. Alexander Langworthy was an Ashburton churchwarden in 1563 (A.); and the name was represented in Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.).

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

Langworthy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Langworthy is most common in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Langworthy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Langworthy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 142,483rd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,333,508 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Langworthy are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,499 people, or 1 in 145,042. In The United States Langworthy is mostly found in: Michigan, where 17 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Langworthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Langworthy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 293 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 1 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langworthy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Langworthy surname are 21.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.13% registered with the party.

The amount Langworthy earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.68% less than the national average, earning R 148,092 per year; in United States they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $43,044 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.87% less than the national average, earning $42,296 CAD per year.

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