Ackworth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Acworth

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Acca + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Ackworth (countable and uncountable, plural Ackworths)

1. A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Ackworth Moor Top, High Ackworth and Low Ackworth.
2. A minor city in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ackworth is the 331838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50 individuals.

Further reading

• “Ackworth”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ackworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
• Forebears