Holdsworth
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Holsworth, Houldsworth
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun edit
Holdsworth (countable and uncountable, plural Holdsworths)
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Holdsworth is the 14870th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1991 individuals. Holdsworth is most common among White (95.78%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holdsworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192.