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The AINSWORTH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 9,102 3585 0.003 34
United States (1880 census) 2,010 2970 0.004 40
Change since 1880 +7092 -615 -0.001 -6
Other Countries
Australia 1,194 1384 0.007 73
United Kingdom 6,038 1039 0.013 131
Top States for AINSWORTH by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Mississippi 1,218 336 0.043 428
Texas 1,167 2042 0.006 56
California 840 3556 0.002 25
Louisiana 566 1139 0.013 127
Florida 326 6003 0.002 20
Top States for AINSWORTH by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Mississippi 1,218 336 0.043 428
Vermont 115 888 0.019 189
Louisiana 566 1139 0.013 127
New Hampshire 147 1329 0.012 119
Arkansas 184 1924 0.007 69

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called AINSWORTH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called AINSWORTH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called AINSWORTH in Mississippi than any other state, but you are more likely to find a AINSWORTH by picking someone at random in Mississippi than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of AINSWORTH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AINSWORTH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the AINSWORTH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of AINSWORTH in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 337 3.7
White (Hispanic) 194 2.13
Mixed Race 135 1.48
Native American/Alaskan 60 0.66
Asian/Pacific 30 0.33
White (Caucasian) 8,346 91.69

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the AINSWORTH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of AINSWORTH in historical publications

(origin: British and Welsh. Local) From ains, a spring, a river, and gwerth, a place, possession, or court. In the British and Gaelic, Aun, Ain, Au, Hain, Aon, and Avon, signify a river; the place or possession on the river.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


AINSWORTH. A chnpelry in tlie parish of Middleton, near Manchester.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to AINSWORTH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AINSWORTH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for AINSWORTH

The following words are slight variants of AINSWORTH that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.