Beckett Surname
Approximately 40,218 people bear this surname
Beckett Surname Definition:
O Local, 'at the beck-head'; v. A'Becket. (3) Bapt.; compare Birkett. Probably a personal name; compare Becker.
John Becket, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robertus Becket, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1532.
Read More About This SurnameBeckett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,492 | 1:21,978 | 2,760 |
| England | 12,940 | 1:4,306 | 581 |
| Canada | 2,866 | 1:12,856 | 1,897 |
| Australia | 2,823 | 1:9,563 | 1,423 |
| South Africa | 1,301 | 1:41,643 | 5,331 |
| New Zealand | 808 | 1:5,604 | 914 |
| Northern Ireland | 724 | 1:2,548 | 519 |
| Wales | 676 | 1:4,578 | 497 |
| Scotland | 539 | 1:9,933 | 1,378 |
| Jamaica | 220 | 1:13,045 | 1,308 |
| Ireland | 205 | 1:22,970 | 2,268 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Spain | 52 | 1:899,078 | 35,195 |
| Denmark | 51 | 1:110,681 | 10,317 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Isle of Man | 21 | 1:4,087 | 875 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 418 | 1:10,598 | 1,515 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,803 | 1:4,200 | 618 |
| Scotland | 100 | 1:37,432 | 2,932 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:19,853 | 1,156 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,957 | 1:25,661 | 3,164 |
Beckett (266) may also be a first name.
Beckett Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
O Local, 'at the beck-head'; v. A'Becket. (3) Bapt.; compare Birkett. Probably a personal name; compare Becker.
John Becket, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robertus Becket, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1532. Robert Bekett and Elene Marshall: Marriage Lic. (London).
1586. Thomas Jennings and Elizabeth Beckett: ibid.
Richard Becket, of Christ Church: Register of the University of Oxford.
An old surname found in the neighborhood of Melrose. It may be an abbreviation of Benedict. Old forms are Becket, Bicket, and Bychat. Harrison says from French Bechet or Bequet, or (2) from residence at the Beck-Head.
(French) the French Becquet, Béquet, Béchet, Anglicized as Becket: v. under Beck2, and + the diminutive suff. -et.
Béchet, Béquet, petit bec, petite bouche . . . Bec, mot gaulois, est fréquemment employé pour bouche en patois Norm. —Moisy, Noms de Fam. Norm., p. 15. De bec [brook] se sont formés des diminutifs becquet, &c., d'où Le Becquet (Oise), &c. —Cocheris, Noms de Lieu, p. 1 5. (Anglo-Scand.) Dweller at the Beck-Head: v. Beckr.
“Little Brook” (Beck). Compare German “Bach”
(English) Dweller at the head of the stream; one who came from Beckett (bee, or Bicca’s, cottage), the name of places in Berkshire and Devonshire.
Local. A little brook. (By no means appropriate to the furious St. Thomas of Canterbury!
In 1180 Malger Bechet held lands in the Viscounty of Rouen (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). John and William Beket, or Bekeit, also occur (Ib.), and Humfrid and William Beket, 1198 (Ib.). Thomas Beket's father was of Caen. Ralph de Beket was of England, c. 1272 (RH.). From hence derived the Baronets Becket, and the famous Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. William Becket, t. Stephen, witnessed the charter of Bolingbroke Priory, Linc. (Mon. ii. 795). John B. gave lands to Tupholme, Linc., t. John (Mon. ii. 596).
Beckett is an old name in the county. Captain George Becket, of Nantwich, was born in 1644. The Rev. George Becket was vicar of Eastham in the reign of Charles II. (O.). There are also Becketts in Norfolk and Notts.
Beckett Demographics
Average Male Beckett Height
176.89 cm
Average Female Beckett Height
164.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Beckett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beckett Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beckett occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beckett? popularity and diffusion
Beckett is the 13,864th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 181,201 people. The last name Beckett is primarily found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Beckett reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Beckett is also the 545,281st most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 266 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 16,492 people, or 1 in 21,978. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 90 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.
Beckett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Beckett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Beckett last name increased 843 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 223 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 856 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 539 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 51 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Beckett Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Beckett last name are 10.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.23% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Beckett earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.52% more than the national average, earning R 319,680 per year; in United States they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $42,696 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.76% more than the national average, earning $51,052 CAD per year.
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