Shuttleworth

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Shuttlesworth

Etymology

From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Shuttleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Shuttleworths)

1. A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shuttleworth is the 17888^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1563 individuals. Shuttleworth is most common among White (94.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shuttleworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.