Dodsworth

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Dodworth, in South Yorkshire, which is named from the Old English personal name Dodd + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Dodsworth (plural Dodsworths)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dodsworth is the 53204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 389 individuals. Dodsworth is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

See also

• Dodworth

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dodsworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.