Southworth Surname

55,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,078 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Southworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southworth,' a township in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire.

1587. Thomas Southworth, of Winwick, Lancashire: Wills at Chester.

1591-2. John Sothworth, Lancashire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Southworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,4531:56,1696,698
England2,0311:27,4343,734
Canada2051:179,73517,909
Australia891:303,32226,493
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Wales441:70,3306,116
Scotland321:167,3079,494
Isle of Man291:2,959610
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5371:15,8592,337
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3141:21,7022,734

Southworth (24) may also be a first name.

Southworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Southworth,' a township in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire.

1587. Thomas Southworth, of Winwick, Lancashire: Wills at Chester.

1591-2. John Sothworth, Lancashire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1599. Henry Southworth, of Witton, yeoman: Wills at Chester.

1607. Robert Southworth, of Warrington: ibid.

1615. Edmund Sowthworth, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) belonging to Southworth (Lancs), 14th cent. Sotheworth, Suthworth, a.d. 1212 Suthewrthe = the South Enclosure or Farm [Old English súð + worð]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Southworth (southern homestead), in Lancashire.

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

Southworth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Southworth occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Southworth click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Southworth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,913th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 802,770 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Southworth live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. Southworth is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent given name in the world, borne by 24 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 6,453 people, or 1 in 56,169. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent live, Michigan, where 6 percent live and Virginia, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 34 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Southworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Southworth has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 279 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 132 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Southworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Southworth last name is predominantly Catholic (40%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Southworth last name are 11.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.85% registered with the party.

The amount Southworth earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.24% more than the national average, earning R 273,852 per year; in United States they earn 6.88% more than the national average, earning $46,119 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $49,419 CAD per year.

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