Rishworth
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Rushworth
Etymology
From Old English rysċ (“rushes”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
Rishworth (countable and uncountable, plural Rishworths)
- A village in Ripponden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0318).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rishworth is the 23159th most common surname in England, belonging to 182 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rishworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.