Beeby Surname

131,830th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Beeby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beeby,' a village six miles from Leicester; v. Bibby. 1678. Thomas Beeby and Hannah King: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1744. Married — James Beeby and Mary Dorman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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Beeby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8301:30,4474,082
United States4821:751,98958,734
Australia3301:81,8059,494
South Africa2981:181,80419,921
New Zealand1561:29,0285,072
Canada1411:261,31624,674
Scotland571:93,9276,548
India331:23,244,406321,547
Wales321:96,7047,743
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0061:24,2303,359
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:302,52223,980

Beeby (83) may also be a first name.

Beeby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beeby,' a village six miles from Leicester; v. Bibby. 1678. Thomas Beeby and Hannah King: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1744. Married — James Beeby and Mary Dorman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1760. — James Beeby and Mary Dennis: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Beeby = the BEE- Farm or Apiary. [Old Norse by (Danish & Swedish bi), a bee + by-r, a farm, dwelling]—unless the first element is from a pers. name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scandinavian) belonging to Beeby = the BEE- Farm or Apiary. —unless the first element is from a pers. name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the bee arm or apiary.

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

A parish in co. Leicester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Beebys originally took their name from a Leicestershire parish. In the reign of Henry III., Hugh de Beby was rector of Willoughby Waterless, and William de Beby was rector of Claybrook (N.). Between the reigns of Edward III. and Henry V., four mayors of Leicester bore the name of Bebye, or Beebye, or De Beby (T.). William Beeby was a Gaddesby freeholder in the time of Charles I.; Richard Beeby and Elizabeth Hubbert were married in Belgrave church in the reign of Charles II.; in the middle of last century Francis Beeby was a proprietor of land in Fleckney and a family of the name then lived at Shenton (N.). The name is still in the city of Leicester.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Beeby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Beeby is most common in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Beeby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 131,830th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,126,509 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Beeby reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 83 people.

It is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 1,830 people, or 1 in 30,447. In England Beeby is most common in: Northamptonshire, where 13 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 9 percent live and Leicestershire, where 9 percent live. Aside from England this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Beeby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Beeby has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Beeby last name expanded 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 290 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 633 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Beeby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Beeby surname are 8.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.34% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Beeby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 126.95% more than the national average, earning R 539,328 per year; in United States they earn 3.2% more than the national average, earning $44,531 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.57% more than the national average, earning $54,440 CAD per year.

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Baby67103,130/
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Bebi6717,623/
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Biby671,073/
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Beeby Reference & Research

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BEEBE FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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