Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The worthington Surname

worthington Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun ‘settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð’, but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The worthington name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the worthington family name as far back in history as possible.

worthington Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add worthington family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of worthington Families in the US in 1920
Number of worthington families
 162-321
 55-161		 1-54
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view worthington census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for worthington records.
  • You can see how worthington families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search worthington census records.

More resources for your worthington family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources