Beckford Surname

29,020th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Beckford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beckford,' a parish in Gloucestershire, about six miles from Tewkesbury.

(Prior) de Bekeford, Gloucestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Beckford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica8,6891:33064
United States5,3581:67,6487,871
England2,3871:23,3423,249
Canada6471:56,9486,727
Panama3781:10,350916
Costa Rica2451:19,510704
Bahamas2241:1,749288
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Argentina561:763,27551,263
Nicaragua421:143,3592,172
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Northern Ireland381:48,5544,148
Cayman Islands371:1,727223
Australia321:843,61652,533
Jersey301:3,307613
Honduras301:293,8812,662
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Liberia121:367,37819,503
Trinidad and Tobago111:123,9987,543
Wales81:386,81619,671
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Finland71:785,24338,644
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
France21:33,211,361423,184
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Belize11:355,4743,977
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1531:159,31613,825
Guernsey61:5,443949
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2831:177,45115,850

Beckford (53) may also be a first name.

Beckford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beckford,' a parish in Gloucestershire, about six miles from Tewkesbury.

(Prior) de Bekeford, Gloucestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

(Prior) de Bekeford, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam de Beckeford, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Henry de Beckeford, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Alex, de Bikeford, Staffordshire, ibid.

'William Beckford (1709-70), twice Lord Mayor of London. ... The Beckfords were descended from a family long resident in Gloucestershire': Dictionary of National Biography.

1743. Married — Francis Beckford and Lady Albinia Bertie: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Beckford (Glos.) = Becca’s Ford. [A.-Sax, Beccan-ford-Beccan-, genit. of Becca: v. Beck3]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

One who came from Bickford (Bica’s ford), a village in Staffordshire, or Beckford (Becca’s ford), in Gloucestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Gloucestershire, in which county the family first appear, in connection with the Abbey of Gloucester, in the XII. cent. De Beckford. H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) Local. The brook—ford.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Hampshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Beckford Last Name Facts

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

Beckford occurs more in Jamaica more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Beckford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 29,020th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 393,943 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Beckford reside; 49 percent reside in Caribbean and 49 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,366,219th most common first name in the world, borne by 53 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Jamaica, where it is held by 8,689 people, or 1 in 330. In Jamaica it is most prevalent in: Middlesex County, where 40 percent are found, Surrey County, where 34 percent are found and Cornwall County, where 27 percent are found. Besides Jamaica this surname is found in 56 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Beckford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Beckford has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Beckford last name rose 1,893 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,560 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Beckford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Beckford surname are 17.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.41% being registered with the party.

The amount Beckford earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 17.82% more than the national average, earning R 279,984 per year; in United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,954 CAD per year.

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