Beswick Surname

55,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Beswick Surname Definition:

(1) This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beswick.' Lately a small hamlet, one mile and a half from Manchester, now a suburb of that city, (a) Local, 'of Beswick,' a township in the parish of Kilnwick, East Riding Yorkshire.

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Beswick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4461:12,5321,852
United States1,9171:189,07618,758
Australia1,1901:22,6853,130
Canada4101:89,8679,887
South Africa2491:217,58122,863
New Zealand2391:18,9473,331
Jamaica2151:13,3491,329
Wales1071:28,9212,968
Scotland1041:51,4794,410
Israel571:150,13415,774
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
France211:3,162,987209,042
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Antigua and Barbuda91:11,0191,084
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Grenada71:15,505950
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China41:341,830,39216,990
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9041:8,3941,274
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4641:108,23010,824

Beswick (122) may also be a first name.

Beswick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beswick.' Lately a small hamlet, one mile and a half from Manchester, now a suburb of that city, (a) Local, 'of Beswick,' a township in the parish of Kilnwick, East Riding Yorkshire. The many Beswicks of Lancashire undoubtedly hail from here.

Thomas de Bexwik, of Manchester, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

Edward Beswick, of Gorton, near Manchester, 1597: Wills at Chester.

Richard Beswick, of Blakeley, Manchester, 1580: ibid.

1589. Married — William Beswicke and Tsabell Dosone: Prestbury Ch. (Cheshire).

1592. Robert Beswycke and Katherine Parkyns: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

(English)Bel. to Beswick = 1 Beag(e)’s Place. [Old English wíc] 2 the Bees’ Place; an Apiary. [Middle English bees, pl. of bee, Old English beó, a bee + Middle English wick, O.E. wíc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Places in cos. York and Lancaster. The B.'s of Gristhorpe have been seated there for upwards of four centuries. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

Beswick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Beswick occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Beswick.

How Common Is The Last Name Beswick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 55,308th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 793,332 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Beswick live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 844,248th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 122 people.

The surname Beswick is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 4,446 people, or 1 in 12,532. In England Beswick is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 27 percent reside, Cheshire, where 8 percent reside and Greater London, where 7 percent reside. Other than England it exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Beswick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Beswick has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 413 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,675 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 578 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Beswick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Beswick surname are 12.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.91% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Beswick earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.97% more than the national average, earning R 354,000 per year; in United States they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning $49,790 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.06% more than the national average, earning $56,173 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Beswicke9323/
Betswick931/
Besswick931/
Beswaick930/
Beswicks930/
Beeswick930/
Beswic921/
Beswik920/
Biswick86503/
Boswick86171/
Baswick8685/
Beswyck865/
Beswisk862/
Besweck861/
Veswick861/
Besuick860/
Bosswick8021/
Buiswick801/
Betsuick801/
Beiswike801/
Bishwick800/
Boshwick800/
Biswicks800/
Biswik776/
Beswek773/
Boswik771/
Bisweck71484/
Boswijk71389/
Besbeck7124/
Biswike711/
Bisvick711/
Beiswig711/
Baiswike6773/

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