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Duckworth
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English ang dūce duck + ang worþ enclosure.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʌkwə(ɹ)θ/ /ˈdʌkwɜː(ɹ)θ/
Proper noun
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en Old English.
en Brian Fung Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta/index.html 2023-07-12 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260908080452/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta/index.html 8 September 2026
en unincorporated community co/Doddridge County s/West Virginia c/US.
Derived terms
en Duckworth-Lewis method
en Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Duckworth is the 2968th 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.
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