Worth Surname

25,835th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Worth 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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Worth Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,5021:31,5133,937
England5,1011:10,9231,609
Australia1,5791:17,0972,399
Canada1,2801:28,7863,787
New Zealand3451:13,1262,286
South Africa2151:251,98925,579
Wales1951:15,8691,720
Ireland1221:38,5983,082
Germany1061:759,48556,711
Scotland901:59,4874,887
France451:1,476,060142,161
India311:24,744,045333,161
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
China41:341,830,39216,990
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland451:98,4416,344
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,6671:9,1401,367
Wales191:82,5483,796
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2021:15,6842,001

The alternate forms: Wörth (39) are calculated separately.

Worth (2,214) may also be a first name.

Worth 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) 1 belonging to Worth; or Dweller at (a) the Worth, i.e. the Farm [Old English w(e)orS]; (b) the Shore or River-Bank [Old English w(e)arð, Waroð] Roger’ son Jordani de Wurthe.—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1234-5.

William de la Worthe.—Hund.-Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Philip atte Worthe.—Soms. Subs-Roll, A.D. 1327.

2 Worthy, Honourable, Beloved [Old English w(e)orð]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller in, or near, an enclosure or on a dependent farm; one who came from Worth (enclosure), the name of several places in England.

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

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

(English), Field, Farm, Manor, Homestead, Estate.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Cheshire, Sussex., Yorkshire.

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

Worth: (Old Norse varðr), a fortified enclosure or a small estate, as Beaworthy, Wolfardisworthy; also Hepworth, Wigglesworthy Tamworth. Charlesworth is the churl’s worth; it was looked upon as something insolent and out of place that a churl should fortify his hovel. Wordsworth is a reduplication—a worth within a worth.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

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
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Worth Demographics

Average Male Worth Height

177.03 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 244 (2014)

Average Female Worth Height

166.14 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 28 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Worth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Worth (Arabic: ورث) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Wörth. For other possible spellings of Worth click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worth? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 25,835th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 349,757 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Worth are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Worth is also the 158,936th most common forename in the world, held by 2,214 people.

Worth is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 11,502 people, or 1 in 31,513. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 75 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Worth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Worth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Worth surname increased 359 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,026 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 271 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,286 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Worth Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Worth last name are 12.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Worth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.64% more than the national average, earning R 400,764 per year; in United States they earn 6.2% more than the national average, earning $45,826 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.34% less than the national average, earning $47,031 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wörth9339/
Woerth91498/
Worthe9125/
Worths916/
Wortch911/
Wordth911/
Woorth911/
Whorth910/
Woirth910/
Wuorth910/
Wourth910/
Wort891,597/
Werth8014,027/
Warth804,659/
Woort80164/
Worte8045/
Woert8038/
Wortt8016/
Whort803/
Worht803/
Vorth802/
Worrt801/
Wourt800/
Wordt800/
Worthová7714/
Worthova771/
Wuerth73594/
Warthe73188/
Weerth7352/
Woiret7346/
Woorts7345/
Hwarth7315/
Wourte7315/
Boorth737/
Voerth734/
Wartch732/
Vortch732/
Weurth732/
Wärthe731/
Vourth731/
Wordtt731/
Waerth731/
Wardth730/
Wortts730/
Wuirth730/
Word6710,659/
Bort677,585/
Wert676,960/
Wart67661/
Vort67135/
Wärtsch6713/
Woirret673/
Uort671/
Vourthe671/
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Worth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Worth in the Arabic language
ورثwrth-
لورثlwrth-

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Worth Reference & Research

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