Wortham
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English worþ (“enclosure”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
[edit]Wortham (plural Worthams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0877).
- A census-designated place in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States.
- A town in Freestone County, Texas, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wortham is the 6358th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5358 individuals. Wortham is most common among White (50.15%) and Black/African American (43.45%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wortham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Census-designated places in Missouri, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Texas, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English