Last Name WORTH

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Meaning Local: At the worth, from 'worth.' an enclosed homestead, a habitation with surrounding land (Bosworth and Toller); hence an estate or manor, as in Whitworth, Rickmansworth, etc.
Local: A court, farm, possession, place, field or way; the place valued, sold, or granted.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 4,618 (2000 US census) 4,079 (1990 US census)
Count 7,018 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.6%, or 6288 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.07%, or 496 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.46%, or 32 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.38%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.08%, or 76 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.41%, or 99 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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