Explore the Family Name Worrel

The meaning of Worrel

English (Lancashire): variant of Worrell.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Worrel in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Worrel has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 46,678th most popular surname in America, while by 2010, it had risen to the 43,885th position. This represents a change of approximately 5.98 percent. The count of people bearing the Worrel name also increased from 429 to 491 in this decade, marking an impressive growth of 14.45 percent. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people slightly increased by 6.25 percent, moving from 0.16 to 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,678	#43,885	5.98%
Count	429	491	14.45%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.17	6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Worrel

The ethnicity associated with the surname Worrel has also seen some shifts based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with the surname Worrel identified as White, making up 88.58 percent in 2000 and increasing slightly to 89.61 percent in 2010. Those identifying as Black made up 9.09 percent of the total in 2000, but this figure decreased by 19.36 percent by 2010, resulting in 7.33 percent. There were no reported individuals with the Worrel surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years. However, in 2010, small percentages began to identify as Hispanic (1.63 percent) and with two or more races (1.22 percent), categories that were not represented in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.58%	89.61%	1.16%
Black	9.09%	7.33%	-19.36%
Hispanic	0%	1.63%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.22%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%