Bedgood Surname

215,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Bedgood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bidgood,' originally Biggegod, one of a fairly large class of personal names ending in good; compare Scattergood. The early form is Biggegod.

John Biggegod, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Bedgood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7961:201,81519,833
Wales691:44,8484,288
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
Guernsey71:4,665827
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2371:211,89318,185

Bedgood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bidgood,' originally Biggegod, one of a fairly large class of personal names ending in good; compare Scattergood. The early form is Biggegod.

John Biggegod, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1606. Nicholas Bidgood and Alice Howe: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1621. George Bidegood, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1798. Married — James Burrows and Ellen Bidgood: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This name may mean "good or noble in war," or "a good counsellor" (Anglo-Saxon beado, beada, counsellor; Gaelic god, good, noble, kind). The Anglo-Saxon guth-boda would mean "a war messenger." The Old Norse bodi is a messenger, and gunn, gunnur, gud, Old High German, gund, gunt, war.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Bedgood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bedgood is most common in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bedgood? popularity and diffusion

Bedgood is the 215,621st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,825,483 people. The surname Bedgood occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Bedgood are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,796 people, or 1 in 201,815. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 27 percent reside, Florida, where 14 percent reside and Alabama, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Bedgood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bedgood has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 758 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bedgood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bedgood last name are 30.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.57% being registered with the party.

Bedgood earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bedggood931,050/
Beddgood931/
Bedgoods930/
Bedgod922/
Bedgoo921/
Bidgood862,256/
Bedggod862/
Betgood860/
Bedod8310/
Bedgo836/
Hbidgood801/
Bedoud77817/
Vedood771/
Behdod771/
Bedoid770/
Beddoud71492/
Bitgood71251/
Behdoud7146/
Bedengo713/
Behdodd711/
Bidgooz711/
Bedad671,214/
Bedot67477/
Bedga6748/
Bidod6713/
Bidgo674/
Behdoost674/
Vedod671/
Bechdoud671/

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