Ainsworth is used as a family name or surname in British. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ainsworth
No. of characters: 9
Origin: British
Meaning: 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, all signifies a river. So together means a place or possession on the river. Also, denoting one who is from Ainsworth, Lancashire.

How popular is Ainsworth?

Ainsworth is common in United States.

Ainsworth is ranked 20037 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ainsworth bearers increased by 0.5163701 per cent in 2010 US census to 9149 since 2000, the surname slipped by 289 spots and ranked at 3874. The last name was found in around 31 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.15 91.69
Black 4.13 3.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.96 2.13
Others 1.44 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.33
Ainsworth is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 25915 people have been found who wears Ainsworth as their family name. Ainsworth is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
486,351 Russia10
705 Gibraltar7
15,956 Venezuela3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
20,541 Peru3
3,224 Afghanistan3
16,136 Kenya3
1,141 Mongolia3
14,078 Japan3
14,054 China3
40,256 Mexico2
9,185 Hong Kong2
31,767 Greece2
19,093 Finland2
35,969 Denmark2
124,220 Italy2
1,151 Brunei2
147,165 Czech Republic2
54,641 Sweden2
4,164 Vietnam2
54,135 Philippines2
6,900 Oman2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
165,773 Belarus1
16,283 Lithuania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,249 Cambodia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
91,024 Belgium1
90,903 Moldova1
810,193 Indonesia1
36,678 Singapore1
20,172 Hungary1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
17,236 Ghana1
24,176 Qatar1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
10,683 Cyprus1
11,923 Slovenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,901 Chile27
514 Isle of Man27
69,202 Netherlands18
7,162 Thailand15
4,912 Guyana14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
15,572 Switzerland72
5,314 Kuwait70
34,392 Spain68
Countries with hundreds of Ainsworth:
9,471 South Africa676
821 Jamaica410
1,884 Scotland381
2,018 New Zealand374
28,238 Germany370
36,063 Brazil318
38,971 France257
2,076 Wales192
3,096 Ireland131
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Ainsworth:
1,045 England7,276
1,504 Australia2,124
3,814 Canada1,212
Countries with ten thousands of Ainsworth:
3,460 United States11,588
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Ainsworth was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 15, 1849. He lived in England where he worked as engraver and took Arrick from Liverpool. Henry Ainsworth (21) Tailoress, James Ainsworth (18) Tailoress, Mechanic Roger Ainsworth, Mary Ainsworth (30) , 9 years old Julia-Ann Ainsworth, Benjamin Ainsworth, aged 3, Joshua Ainsworth (37) Immigrant, Mary Ainsworth (38) Immigrant, are other Ainsworth that migrated to US.

Comments

J
Jann Mcnamara
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of the Anglo-Saxon personal name ains and worth which means the speaker ains - short for johannes - the name specifies a characteristic of the house ancestral.

Ainsworth Namesakes

  • Lionel Ainsworth, Soccer player
  • Mary Ainsworth, Psychologist
  • Lexi Ainsworth, Film actress
  • Gareth Ainsworth, Soccer player
  • William Harrison Ainsworth, Novelist
  • Lionel Ainsworth, Soccer player
  • Kacey Ainsworth, Actress
  • Bob Ainsworth, British Politician
  • Stewart Ainsworth, Television personality
  • Lydia Ainsworth, Singer
  • Benny Ainsworth, from 2014 drama and horror movie Precipice Hours, who played Jeffries.

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