Warth Surname

101,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Warth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the worth,' from Anglo-Saxon worth, an enclosed homestead, a habitation with surrounding land (Bosworth and Toller); hence an estate or manor, as in Whitworth, Rickmansworth, &c.

William de la Worthe, Somerset, 1273.

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Warth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,0211:39,8345,267
United States1,3211:274,38225,692
France3401:195,36130,392
India1401:5,479,038132,955
Brazil1251:1,712,59555,994
England1241:449,33929,774
Pakistan1191:1,501,20916,323
Switzerland931:88,3119,808
Iraq681:515,0248,412
Australia421:642,75544,739
Yemen421:629,17410,984
Canada391:944,75971,777
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Afghanistan101:3,215,31818,974
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Norway71:734,61250,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:293,67920,037
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:264,30921,644

Warth (840) may also be a first name.

Warth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the worth,' from Anglo-Saxon worth, an enclosed homestead, a habitation with surrounding land (Bosworth and Toller); hence an estate or manor, as in Whitworth, Rickmansworth, &c.

William de la Worthe, Somerset, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de la Worthe, Devon, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Reginald de la Worth. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.

Philip atte Worthe, Somerset, 1 Edward I: Kirby's Quest.

1581. Anthony Worthe, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1672. William Worth and Elizabeth Dalling: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

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

(English) Dweller at a River-Bank or a Shore [Old English waroð] Dialectally, warth sometimes denotes a river-side meadow. In the North, where the word occasionally has the meaning ’ford’, there has evid. been confusion with Old Norse uað, a ford.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A family of this name is said to be descended from the Worths in Devon or Somerset; but the Cornish family may derive their name from worth, high.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(Saxon.) Local. A court, farm, possession, place, field or way; the place valued, sold, or granted.

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

These names are from Anglo-Saxon worth, worthig, weorthig, wurthig, a field, portion of land, a farm, manor, an estate, also a street, public way (vicus, platea). Wort is the name of parishes cos. Kent and Dorset. Hence doubtless the names Wart, Wort, Warts, Worts, and the compound names Foxworth, Larkworthy, &c.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The ancient family of Worth, which derived its name from the village of Worth, owned estates in Titherington from the 14th to the 17th century (E.)

The Worths of this county are now best represented in the Crewe district. The name is also established in Lincolnshire. There are villages thus called in Kent and Sussex.

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

Warth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warth (Hindi: वार्ठ) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Warth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 101,297th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,564,187 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Warth reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Warth is also the 281,708th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 840 people.

The surname Warth is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 2,021 people, or 1 in 39,834. In Germany Warth is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 71 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Germany it occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Warth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Warth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Warth surname rose 695 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 149 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Warth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Warth last name are 10.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.72% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Warth earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.76% more than the national average, earning 372,924 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $44,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.91% less than the national average, earning $44,264 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warthe91188/
Hwarth9115/
Wearth9112/
Wartch912/
Waerth911/
Wardth910/
Wart89661/
Worth8020,836/
Werth8014,027/
Warte80237/
Weart80223/
Waart80108/
Wardh8086/
Wardt8073/
Varth8050/
Wörth8039/
Uarth8037/
Watrt807/
Waert804/
Wuart801/
Hwart801/
Warht801/
Wartt801/
Wasrt801/
Wartd800/
Whart800/
Wahrt800/
Warthová7716/
Wuerth73594/
Woerth73498/
Varthe73363/
Waarts73274/
Wahart73169/
Uarthe7382/
Weerth7352/
Weartz7349/
Waerdt7338/
Baarth7331/
Worthe7325/
Waardt7321/
Hwarts7311/
Weirth7310/
Bairth7310/
Worths736/
Bartth734/
Huarth733/
Wardsh732/
Wearts732/
Weurth732/
Wairdh731/
Waartz731/
Woorth731/
Wortch731/
Wärthe731/
Wairte731/
Warrdh731/
Hwartz731/
Vaarth731/
Waurtz731/
Wartte731/
Wearet731/
Wordth731/
Woirth730/
Warrdt730/
Whorth730/
Wuirth730/
Wuorth730/
Wourth730/
Wairts730/
Ward67567,303/
Bart6714,879/
Wert676,960/
Wort671,597/
Vart67699/
D'Warte6734/
Wartová6715/
Wärtsch6713/
Waharte6712/
Uart671/
Baharth671/
Barrëth671/
Weirtch671/
Veartch670/

Warth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Warth in the Hindi language
वार्ठvartha-

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