Beamish Surname
Approximately 5,417 people bear this surname
Beamish Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beamish,' a parish in County Durham, seven miles from Gateshead. It is possible the entries below belong to some other locality.
Robert de Beaumeis, alias Beameis, Cambridgeshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBeamish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1,427 | 1:25,820 | 3,469 |
| England | 1,126 | 1:49,483 | 6,156 |
| United States | 1,100 | 1:329,508 | 29,892 |
| Australia | 1,015 | 1:26,597 | 3,615 |
| Ireland | 235 | 1:20,038 | 2,077 |
| New Zealand | 164 | 1:27,612 | 4,833 |
| South Africa | 157 | 1:345,081 | 31,817 |
| Scotland | 63 | 1:84,981 | 6,133 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 336 | 1:13,184 | 1,756 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 445 | 1:54,776 | 6,535 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 168 | 1:298,921 | 23,746 |
Beamish (13) may also be a first name.
Beamish Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beamish,' a parish in County Durham, seven miles from Gateshead. It is possible the entries below belong to some other locality.
Robert de Beaumeis, alias Beameis, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Roger de Beaumes, Salop, ibid.
Agnes de Beaumeys, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
1748. Married — John Hughes and Ann Beamis: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
The surname Beamish is of French origin, being derived from the place-name Beaumais (sur Dive).
In Ireland it is not in the Anglo-Norman category, as that might suggest, nor is it Cromwellian as has been sometimes stated. The family, have been in Ireland since Elizabethan times, when the first of the name came from England to Co. Kerry, and has since been closely identified with that county and with Co. Cork. If, as seems probable, all Irish Beamishs spring from that source it presents an example of a family which not only prospered but also multiplied in the course of the four centuries it has been here: in 1851-3, when Griffith's Valuation was made, there were no less than 62 householders or landholders of the name in Co. Cork.
The leading landed families were seated in Co. Kerry: the several branches are fully described in Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 and 1958editions). De Burgh's Landowners records twelve of the name with extensive properties in Co. Cork in 1878, and numerically their association has been with Cork county and city rather than Kerry, as the many wills and other records from 1642 to the Present day, as well as those of successful business enterprise, testify.
Major North Ludlow Beamish (1793-1872), author of works on military subjects, was born and died Cork. in Co. Cork. O'Donoghue in his Poets of Ireland includes two of the name, both natives of Co.
(English) belonging to Beamish (Durham), prob. for Beamwich = the Tree-Place.
[Old English beám, a tree + wic] (French-Latin) belonging to Beaumais (Normandy) = the Fair Manse or Farm, [French beau, belonging Latin bell-us + Old French ma(i)s, Low Latin mansa] Robert de Beaumeis.—Hundred Rolls
An Anglo-Norman name of French origin identified with Cos. Cork and Kerry since the sixteenth Century. Bibl; SIF 15
The Beamishes of co. Cork have been settled there nearly three centuries, but nothing is known of the earlier history of the name, which would appear to be derived either from the German Bohmisch, a Bohemian, or from Beamish, a township in Durham.
A location name in Durham.
Beamish: is Boemish, Bohemian.
Beamish Demographics
Beamish Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Beamish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beamish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beamish is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Beamish click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beamish? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 88,651st most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,345,310 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Beamish are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Canada, where it is borne by 1,427 people, or 1 in 25,820. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 52 percent are found, Alberta, where 17 percent are found and British Columbia, where 12 percent are found. Not including Canada Beamish exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Beamish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Beamish has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Beamish last name rose 253 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 655 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 30 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 377 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Beamish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Beamish surname is chiefly Anglican (73%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Beamish last name are 10.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.96% registered with the political party.
The amount Beamish earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.18% more than the national average, earning R 373,524 per year; in United States they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning $45,493 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.26% more than the national average, earning $54,284 CAD per year.
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