Longworth
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Longworth, Berkshire or Lancashire; first attested Hugh de Lungewurth/de Langewurth 1246 AssLa
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫɔŋˌwɝθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Longworth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 43K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 54K
- USUnited States1 in 151K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 260 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
2,196 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Longworth, Berkshire or Lancashire; first attested Hugh de Lungewurth/de Langewurth 1246 AssLa
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Longworth counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,196 | 1 in 151K | 2.2K | Longworth | 260 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 43K | listed | Longworth | 148 |
| GH Ghana | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Longworth | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Longworth | 99 |
| CA Canada | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Longworth | 86 |
| JO Jordan | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Longworth | 1 |
| SG Singapore | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 77K | — | Longworth | 2 |
2,196 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Longworth is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, places, for example in Berks, and Lancs., so called from OE lang, long Long + word enclosure (see Worth). Lonn Swedish: ornamental name from Swed. lonn maple tree, one of the many Swed. surnames taken in the 19th cent, from vocab. words denoting features of the natural landscape. Cpds: L6nn(e)berg (‘maple hill’); branch’); Ldnnqvist (‘maple twig’). Lonn(e)gren (‘maple
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, habitational name from any of various places, for example in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire) and Lancashire, so named from Old English lang, long ‘long’ -I- word ‘enclosure’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nicholas Longworthb. 1783USAmerican winemaker and art collector
- Nicholas Longworthb. 1869USAmerican politician (1869-1931)
- Clara Longworth de Chambrunb. 1873USAmerican author and patron of the arts
- Alice Roosevelt Longworthb. 1884USAmerican writer and socialite (1884–1980)
- Paulina Longworth Sturmb. 1925USAmerican socialite
- Steve Longworthb. 1948GBEnglish snooker player (1948–2021)
- Gay Longworthb. 1970GBBritish writer
- Shelley Longworthb. 1976GBBritish actress
- Karina Longworthb. 1980USAmerican film critic
- Aiden Longworthb. 2004CACanadian child actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,686 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.2K | #13,775 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,843 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Longworth mean, and where does it come from?
- from Longworth, Berkshire or Lancashire; first attested Hugh de Lungewurth/de Langewurth 1246 AssLa Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Longworth?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɔŋˌwɝθ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Longworth have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Longworth, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled longworth.
- How common is the name Longworth?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,196 people named Longworth in 2010, about 1 in 151 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Longworth”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.