The Ainsworth Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Ainsworth family.

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The Ainsworth Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ainsworth
1841 Census208
1851 Census1113
1861 Census2091
1871 Census3188
1881 Census4604
1891 Census4765
1901 Census6330

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ainsworth Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Ainsworth 19 95 184 260 369 348 438
John Ainsworth 18 76 161 249 313 313 374
William Ainsworth 23 83 167 223 292 270 368
Elizabeth Ainsworth 10 51 106 175 228 210 272
James Ainsworth 11 60 104 158 220 225 267
Thomas Ainsworth 13 56 98 150 194 171 232
Sarah Ainsworth 2 54 105 145 180 154 170
Joseph Ainsworth 10 42 60 91 130 112 151
Alice Ainsworth 4 32 57 80 114 126 163
Jane Ainsworth 7 33 57 77 113 105 87
George Ainsworth 2 19 41 66 102 105 131
Margaret Ainsworth 5 26 42 72 90 94 130
Ellen Ainsworth 8 31 41 63 77 89 111
Ann Ainsworth 5 31 69 70 75 62 51
Annie Ainsworth 0 0 2 18 62 87 160
Henry Ainsworth 2 20 41 59 61 67 78
Martha Ainsworth 4 14 34 47 63 50 63
Richard Ainsworth 0 15 29 44 58 59 64
Eliza Ainsworth 4 18 29 36 56 62 47
Robert Ainsworth 0 15 22 36 52 52 69

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Ainsworth family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and many more...


Etymology and History of the Surname: Ainsworth

View Name: AINSWORTH.

AINSWORTH

Derivation:
A habitational name for someone who lived in 'Ainsworth',near Manchester.

History:
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.The first recorded spelling is that of 'William De Aynesworth'.

Linked Surnames:
Aynesworth.

 


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