Worrall
surname · Latin script
Meaning: so called from OE wTr bog myrtle + halh nook, recess (see Hale)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɝɹəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Worrall is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 31K
- CACanada≈1 in 73K
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 Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,300 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
so called from OE wTr bog myrtle + halh nook, recess (see Hale). The Wirrall peninsula in Ches. has the same origin and may well be the source of the surname in some cases. The surname is now especially common in Lancs, and the W Midlands as well as in S Yorks, Vars.: Worral, Whorall, Worrell, Worril. Worsencroft see Wolstonecraft
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world(measured from records)
Worrall 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 9.3K | Worrall | 188 |
| US United States | 1,881 | 1 in 177K | 1.9K | Worrall | 303 |
| AU Australia | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Worrall | 129 |
| CA Canada | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Worrall | 108 |
| IT Italy | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 148K | — | Worrall | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Worrall | 30 |
| IE Ireland | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Worrall | 31 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral 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)
Worrall is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, person from Worrall, Yorkshire
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
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)
- Henry Worrallb. 1825USEnglish-American artist (1825–1902)
- Jack Worrallb. 1861AUAustralian sportsperson (1861-1937)
- Arthur Worrallb. 1869GBFootballer (1869-?)
- Fred Worrallb. 1910GBEnglish footballer (1910-1979)
- James Worrallb. 1914CACanadian hurdler and IOC member (1914–2011)
- Harry Worrallb. 1918GBEnglish footballer (1918-1979)
- John Worrallb. 1946GBphilosopher
- Ben Worrallb. 1975GBEnglish footballer (born 1975)
- David Worrallb. 1990GBEnglish association football player
- Joe Worrallb. 1997GBEnglish association football player
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 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 9.3K | #827 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.9K | #15,551 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,296 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #15,009 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- Where does the name Worrall come from?
- so called from OE wTr bog myrtle + halh nook, recess (see Hale). The Wirrall peninsula in Ches. has the same origin and may well be the source of the surname in some cases. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Worrall?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɝɹəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Worrall mean?
- Recorded meaning: so called from OE wTr bog myrtle + halh nook, recess (see Hale).
- In which country does Worrall have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.3 thousand people named Worrall in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled worrall.
- How common is the name Worrall?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,881 people named Worrall in 2010, about 1 in 177 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, “Worrall”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.