Worthington Surname

15,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Worthington Surname Definition:

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

'Hugh de Worthyngton and John de Heton hold of the said John half of one knight's fee in Worthyngton,' &c.: Knights' Fees, 23 Edward III: Baines' Lancashire.

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Worthington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,0581:18,0712,289
England9,8761:5,642802
Australia2,8411:9,5021,417
Canada9541:38,6224,848
New Zealand8261:5,482885
Wales4181:7,403826
South Africa3281:165,17618,467
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Northern Ireland1841:10,0271,593
Scotland1381:38,7963,683
France1341:495,69269,430
Ireland721:65,4024,223
Thailand701:1,009,119153,242
Netherlands691:244,74231,623
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Panama421:93,1493,638
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Chile241:734,02016,565
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Palau11:21,643223
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Belize11:355,4743,977
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1411:31,4173,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,8401:4,174616
Wales1661:9,448577
Guernsey71:4,665827
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6051:10,9051,426

Worthington (273) may also be a first name.

Worthington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

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

'Hugh de Worthyngton and John de Heton hold of the said John half of one knight's fee in Worthyngton,' &c.: Knights' Fees, 23 Edward III: Baines' Lancashire.

Johannes de Worthyngton, bochtry 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1598. John Worthington, of Warrington: Wills at Chester.

1613. Edward Worthington, of Worthington: ibid.

1616-7. Married — John Hollywell and Joyce Worthington: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) belonging to Worthington (Lanc.; Leic.), Anglo-Saxon •Weorðinga-tún = the Estate of the Weorð- Family [the pers. name is from Old English w(e)orð (v. Worth2) + -inga, genit. pl. of the ‘son’ suff. -ing + tún, farm, estate, &c.] Neither place is mentioned in Domesday-Bk.; but the Lanc.village occurs in the 14th cent. as Worthyngton, in the 13th cent. as Worthinton, Wrthinton.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Worthington (village of the Wurthingas'), in Lancashire.

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

The family are traced to Worthington, co. Lancaster, temp. Henry III.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire, Leicestershire.

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

The Worthingtons, who possess the name of a Lancashire township, belong to an old and wide - spread Cheshire family. They have been represented in Northenden for nearly three centuries (E.). The Lancashire Worthingtons have long been associated with Manchester and its vicinity. Dr. Worthington, a noted divine of the 17th century, was born in Manchester in 1617; Samuel Worthington, Esq., was a Salford boroughreeve in 1750 (Baines' "Lancashire").

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

Although the Worthingtons take their name from a Lancashire township, they are more numerous and have been longer established across the Cheshire border, and will be referred to under that county.

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

Worthington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Worthington is most common in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worthington? popularity and diffusion

The last name Worthington is the 15,190th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 198,690 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Worthington live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. Worthington is also the 537,992nd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 273 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 20,058 people, or 1 in 18,071. In The United States Worthington is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States Worthington exists in 75 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Worthington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Worthington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Worthington surname increased 436 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,760 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 49 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Worthington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Worthington last name is predominantly Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Worthington surname are 18.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.45% registered with the political party.

The amount Worthington earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 34.59% more than the national average, earning 465,779 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.89% more than the national average, earning R 320,556 per year; in United States they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $43,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.48% more than the national average, earning $52,406 CAD per year.

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