The Worthen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,197 people carried this name — #7,888 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,961 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Worthen, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 108 people lived in those households, 5.7 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

New Hampshire 12
Virginia 5
Massachusetts 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

Worthen in American newspapers,
1892–1912.

Newspaper page from The Aegis & Intelligencer carrying the name Worthen
The Aegis & Intelligencer 1892-05-27
Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Worthen
The Herald-advance 1903-10-30
Newspaper page from Milford Chronicle carrying the name Worthen
Milford Chronicle 1912-11-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,915 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Worthen in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

139 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Worthen. The most, 92, date from the 1930s. 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 Western Australia, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 46
Western Australia 40
New South Wales 13
South Australia 8
Tasmania 7
Queensland 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Worthen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amos Henry Worthen
    Amos Henry Worthen 1813–1888 · geologist
  • Ezekiel Worthen 1636–1716
  • Mary Hadlock 1661–1742
  • John Worthen 1664–1743
  • Charles K. Worthen 1850–1909 · naturalist
  • Joseph Worthen 1888–1964 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Worthen,
in the records of 3 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 States233 records

233 records of the Worthen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 129
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 Edmund T. Worthen

    Born 1916 in Utah. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; locomotive fireman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Robert Kent Worthen

    Born 1949; from Granger, Utah. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

    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 Harriet Worthen

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Neptune from Liverpool, aged 19. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 233 records for Worthen 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada146 records

146 records of the Worthen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 145
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edwin Jerome Worthen

    Buried in 1999 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Worthen

    Died 1954 in West Quoddy, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Eliza A. Worthen

    Married 1889 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 146 records for Worthen in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Worthen name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Marianne Worthen

    In the population register of Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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