Dilworth

English

Etymology

A habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Dilworth (countable and uncountable, plural Dilworths)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.
3. A suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dilworth is the 7120^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4699 individuals. Dilworth is most common among White (54.03%) and Black/African American (40.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dilworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 463.