The Wortham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,358 people carried this name — #6,358 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,387 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wortham surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

In print

Wortham in American newspapers,
1918–1921.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Wortham
The Topeka State Journal 1921-08-20
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Wortham
The Bismarck Tribune 1918-06-29
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Wortham
The Bismarck Tribune 1918-06-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Wortham in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

485 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wortham. The most, 111, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 264
New South Wales 85
Tasmania 77
Queensland 30
South Australia 19
Western Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wortham.

Who carried it

People named Wortham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis J. Wortham
    Louis J. Wortham 1859–1927 · politician
  • Sarah Ann Wortham 1817–1846
  • Mary Woolfolk Wortham 1823–1897
  • William Barto Wortham 1853–1925
  • Gus Sessions Wortham 1891–1976 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wortham,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States336 records

336 records of the Wortham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 199
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mack H. Wortham

    Born 1922 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benning; sawmill worker from Coweta County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia.

    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 Murray Lamar Wortham

    Born 1943; from San Augustine, Texas. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1967 in Laos.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fanny Wortham

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the France from Liverpool, aged 16. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 336 records for Wortham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia32 records

32 records of the Wortham name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Arthur William Wortham

    Died 1917 in Tullah, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1917.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Hugh Wortham

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Eliza, arriving 1822; ticket of leave 1828.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Wortham

    Arrived in Queensland in 1882 aboard the Chyebassa, aged 36.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Wortham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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