Beckson Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Beckson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Beckson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
United States331:10,983,604436,696
England111:5,065,278148,650
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Beckson (265) may also be a first name.

Beckson Last Name Facts

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

Beckson is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Beckson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 699,651st most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. Beckson is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Beckson live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 546,451st most widespread forename internationally, borne by 265 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Barring Ghana it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Beckson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Beckson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 15 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Beckson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Beckson are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% registered with the party.

Beckson earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.16% less than the national average, earning $41,785 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beackson930/
Bekson9235/
Becson924/
Bickson86605/
Becksen862/
Bekåson862/
Bäckson862/
Beksson862/
Becksén861/
Becksom860/
Bekshoin801/
Bexson77468/
Bikson7777/
Beksan7768/
Becsan7725/
Becsen779/
Becsom773/
Begson772/
Becsán772/
Beksen771/
Bykson771/
Bechsen716/
Bikkson715/
Veykson714/
Baikson711/
Biskson711/
Biksone711/
Beugson710/
Bexon671,016/
Bekkåsen6739/
Bekshoinova6719/
Bäckåsen6710/
Bäcksund675/
Bäcksand671/
Becksham671/
Bekshoynova671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Beckson
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