Last Name KILLINGWORTH

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Killingworth, a township in the parish of Long Benton, county Northumberland. Possibly another spot so called may have existed in county Norfolk. Of course Shillingsworth is an imitative corruption of Chillingsworth.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 128,797 (2000 US census) 37,664 (1990 US census)
Count 122 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 48.36%, or 59 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 48.36%, or 59 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

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American Surnames

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Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...


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