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walworth Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from either of two places called Walworth, in Greater London and County Durham, both named with Old English w(e)alh ‘Briton’, genitive plural wala (see Wallace) + worð ‘enclosure’. The present-day concentration of the name in Yorkshire suggests the latter is the more likely source. Compare Wallwork.

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Distribution of walworth Families in the US in 1920
Number of walworth families
 34-65
 12-33
 1-11
 0
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