Beaufils Surname

53,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Beaufils Surname User-submission:

Beaufils is a French surname, meaning 'son-in-law'; the literal meaning is 'beautiful or fair child'; hence a common Anglicization (especially for Normans) is Fairchild.

Beaufils Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8,9761:7,400644
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Haiti701:152,6276,462
New Caledonia521:5,3121,081
Canada511:722,46357,796
Australia461:586,86342,409
Argentina421:1,017,70063,321
Belgium321:359,27039,406
England231:2,422,52489,093
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Beaufils (157) may also be a first name.

Beaufils Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Beaufils is a French surname, meaning 'son-in-law'; the literal meaning is 'beautiful or fair child'; hence a common Anglicization (especially for Normans) is Fairchild.

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Beaufils Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Beaufils Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Beaufils is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Beaufils? popularity and diffusion

It is the 53,787th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 768,485 people. Beaufils is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Beaufils are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Beaufils is also the 732,696th most frequent first name globally It is held by 157 people.

It is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 8,976 people, or 1 in 7,400. In France it is most numerous in: Normandy, where 25 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent live. Excluding France this surname is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Haiti, where 1 percent live.

Beaufils Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Beaufils has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Beaufils last name increased 4,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Beaufils Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Beaufils are 20.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 74.07% being registered with the political party.

The amount Beaufils earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.29% less than the national average, earning $42,584 CAD per year.

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