Last Name WORCESTER

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Meaning Local: Of Worcester, the capital of the county of that name, anciently Wigornaceastre.
Local: A county and city of England, which Bailey derives from Saxon 'Were,' a forest, and 'Cester,' a camp or city. It also could be derived from 'Warcester,' the city or castle of strife, from the Saxon 'Woer,' war, strife, with which the ancient British name agrees, called 'Caerwrangon,' the castle or fort of strife and contention. It was a boundary for many years between the Britons and Saxons.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 12,206 (2000 US census) 8,417 (1990 US census)
Count 2,340 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.19%, or 2204 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 2.39%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.54%, or 36 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.98%, or 23 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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