Ailsworth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Aylesworth, Aylsworth

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ægel + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Ailsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ailsworths)

1. A village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL124985).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ailsworth is the 125282^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 137 individuals. Ailsworth is most common among Black/African American (46.72%) and White (44.53%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ailsworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.