Duckworth

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, /ˈdʌkwɜː(ɹ)θ/

Proper noun

Duckworth (countable and uncountable, plural Duckworths)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Duckworth-Lewis method
• Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Duckworth is the 2968^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12080 individuals. Duckworth is most common among White (79.83%) and Black/African American (14.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duckworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.