Duckworth

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English dūce (“duck”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/, /ˈdʌkwɜː(ɹ)θ/

Duckworth (countable and uncountable, plural Duckworths)

1. A surname from Old English.
   • 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.

2. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States.

• Duckworth-Lewis method
• Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Duckworth is the 2968^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12080 individuals. Duckworth is most common among White (79.83%) and Black/African American (14.64%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duckworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.