Hollingworth

English

Alternative forms

• Hollingsworth, Hollinsworth

Etymology

From Old English holen (“holly”) + worþ (“worth”).

Proper noun

Hollingworth (countable and uncountable, plural Hollingworths)

1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SK0096).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• hollingworthite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hollingworth is the 32994^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 694 individuals. Hollingworth is most common among White (80.98%) and Black/African American (12.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hollingworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193.