Elworthy

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ylla + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).

Proper noun

Elworthy (countable and uncountable, plural Elworthys)

1. A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST083349).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elworthy is the 113155^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 155 individuals. Elworthy is most common among White (90.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elworthy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 525.