Rishworth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Rushworth

Etymology

From Old English rysċ (“rushes”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Rishworth (countable and uncountable, plural Rishworths)

1. A village in Ripponden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0318).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rishworth is the 23159^th most common surname in England, belonging to 182 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rishworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.