The Worsham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,631 people carried this name — #6,091 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is down 2% from 5,717 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Worsham surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Worsham» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

32 families named Worsham, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 177 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 30
North Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 269 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Worsham in American newspapers,
1909–1922.

Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Worsham
The West Virginia News 1922-09-23
Newspaper page from The West Virginian carrying the name Worsham
The West Virginian 1922-12-04
Newspaper page from The Evening Times carrying the name Worsham
The Evening Times 1909-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,641 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Worsham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Worsham, of Jordan's Parish 1619–1661
  • Elizabeth Worsham 1651–1736

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Worsham,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States308 records

308 records of the Worsham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 215
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles N. Worsham

    Born 1923 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Shelby; baker from Alcorn County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Corinth National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Pat Augusta Worsham

    Born 1930; from Camilla, Georgia. U.S. Navy, construction mechanic; killed in action 1952 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Terry Lynn Worsham

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1967, died 1998; buried at Oddfellow Cemetery, Newport, Arkansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 308 records for Worsham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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