Wordsworth

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Transferred from the surname Wordsworth

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Wordsworth is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • USUnited States
  • NZNew Zealand

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Transferred from the surname Wordsworth.

Sources 1

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Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Wordsworth is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, near Halifax, W Yorks., so called from the OE personal name Wceddi (related to Wada; see Wade i ) + word enclos¬ Var.: Worsick.

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • In English, A habitational surname from Old English.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, a different form of Wadsworth

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • In English, William, English poet; pers. name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper 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)

1700180019002000William Wordsworth, b. 1770Dorothy Wordsworth, b. 1771Christopher Wordsworth, b. 1774Dora Wordsworth, b. 1804Charles Wordsworth, b. 1806Christopher Wordsworth, b. 1807William Wordsworth, b. 1908Richard Wordsworth, b. 1915Barry Wordsworth, b. 1948Anthony Wordsworth, b. 1989

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Wordsworth
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20021.4K#4,958
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010191#95,545
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020177#107,024
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000171#98,298
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 2025202533#592
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—16#94,489
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—7#12,384
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20264—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#245,828
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20263—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#298,554
GD GrenadaGrenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 202520251#222

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

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About this data

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