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Origin Of The Surname Whitworth
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Meaning Of The Surname Whitworth
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Whitworth
Whitworth is a locational surname, originating from the place so-called in Lancashire. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from Old English origin, the element ‘whit’ meaning white and ‘worth’ meaning woods, in reference to a birch forest. Johnny Whitworth the American actor is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Whitworth Statistics
Whitworth is the number 977 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,966 share the surname Whitworth in the UK.
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