Whitworth Surname

23,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Whitworth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whitworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has a vigorous existence in the county Palatine.

1615. Susanna Whitworth, of Castleton, parish of Rochdale: Wills at Chester.

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Whitworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,1371:25,6393,226
England6,5021:8,5691,247
Australia1,3101:20,6072,857
Canada6841:53,8686,422
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Scotland901:59,4874,887
Wales831:37,2843,678
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
France321:2,075,710171,237
Guernsey221:2,929767
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
China31:455,773,85521,925
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,0061:4,869733
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8981:26,4593,257

Whitworth (33) may also be a first name.

Whitworth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whitworth,' a chapelry in the parish of Rochdale, Lancashire This surname has a vigorous existence in the county Palatine.

1615. Susanna Whitworth, of Castleton, parish of Rochdale: Wills at Chester.

1619. James Whitworth, of Brandwood, parish of Rochdale: ibid.

1635. Married — Jeremy Whitworth and Mary Pecke: St. Mary Aldermary.

1646. Edmund Whitworth, of Prestwich, husbandman: Wills at Chester.

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

(English) belonging to Whitworth = the White Farmstead [Old English hwít+ worð] Whitworth, Lanc., was Whyteword in the 13th cent., Wyteworth and Whiteworth in the 14th.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Whitworth (Hwita's homestead), the name of places in Durham and Lancashire.

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

Chapelries in Durham and Lancashire. The Whitworths of co. Durham were descendants of the Shaftos of Northumberland. Slogans of the North of England, p. xvii.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Durham, Lancashire.

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

Whitworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitworth occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitworth? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 23,141st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 311,101 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Whitworth are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent given name in the world, held by 33 people.

Whitworth is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 14,137 people, or 1 in 25,639. In The United States Whitworth is most prevalent in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and Georgia, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 60 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Whitworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitworth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whitworth last name increased 745 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 692 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitworth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whitworth surname are 18.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.26% being registered with the party.

The amount Whitworth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 252.08% more than the national average, earning R 836,676 per year; in United States they earn 3.08% less than the national average, earning $41,819 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning $53,787 CAD per year.

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