Find out how popular the last name Haworth is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Haworth.

Haworth, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Haworth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Haworth in America

Haworth is the 6714th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Haworth surname appeared 5,030 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Haworth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Haworth to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Haworth

The surname Haworth is of English origin, deriving from a place name in Yorkshire, England. It is believed to have emerged during the medieval period, around the 12th or 13th century. The name is derived from the Old English words "hara" meaning "hare" and "worth" signifying an enclosure or settlement, suggesting that the original bearers of the name may have lived in an area inhabited by hares.

Haworth can be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "Hauwrth" and "Hawrth." These early spellings indicate the name's evolution from its Old English roots. The village of Haworth, located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is likely the place from which the surname originated.

One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was William de Haworth, who lived in Lancashire in the late 13th century. Another notable figure was John Haworth, a 15th-century English landowner and merchant from Yorkshire.

In the 16th century, the surname Haworth gained prominence through the literary works of the Brontë family. The famous novelist and poet Anne Brontë (1820-1849) was born in the village of Haworth, and her sisters, Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) and Emily Brontë (1818-1848), also hailed from the same place.

Another notable bearer of the name was Sir Walter Haworth (1883-1950), a British chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937 for his work on carbohydrates and vitamin C.

In the realm of sports, Sir Geoffrey Haworth (1923-2003) was an English cricketer and diplomat who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Lancashire County Cricket Club in the 1940s and 1950s.

Throughout history, the Haworth surname has maintained a strong presence in various fields, from literature and science to sports and politics, reflecting its enduring legacy originating from the Yorkshire region of England.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Haworth

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Haworth.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Haworth was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Haworth has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Haworth was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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