Worthing Family History
Worthing Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called
Worthing, in Sussex and Norfolk. The Norfolk place name is probably
from Old English worðign ‘the enclosure’, while the Sussex
one is derived from an unattested Old English personal name,
Weorð, (from Old English weorð ‘worthy’) +
-ingas ‘people of’. 1881 British census has 238, Radnor and
Herefor; presentday still predominantly west.
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Name Distribution of Worthing Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Worthing families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Worthing families
|
29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Worthing last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Worthing Family Origin
Worthing Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Worthing
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Worthing Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Worthing census records
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Worthing Civil War Service Records
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