Beswick Surname
Approximately 9,186 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBeswick Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,446 | 1:12,532 | 1,852 |
| United States | 1,917 | 1:189,076 | 18,758 |
| Australia | 1,190 | 1:22,685 | 3,130 |
| Canada | 410 | 1:89,867 | 9,887 |
| South Africa | 249 | 1:217,581 | 22,863 |
| New Zealand | 239 | 1:18,947 | 3,331 |
| Jamaica | 215 | 1:13,349 | 1,329 |
| Wales | 107 | 1:28,921 | 2,968 |
| Scotland | 104 | 1:51,479 | 4,410 |
| Israel | 57 | 1:150,134 | 15,774 |
| Northern Ireland | 33 | 1:55,910 | 4,502 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Grenada | 7 | 1:15,505 | 950 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,904 | 1:8,394 | 1,274 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 464 | 1:108,230 | 10,824 |
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).
(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]
Places in cos. York and Lancaster. The B.'s of Gristhorpe have been seated there for upwards of four centuries. B.L.G.
A location name in Yorkshire.
Beswick Demographics
Average Male Beswick Height
174.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Beswick Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beswick Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beswick is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beswick? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,308th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 793,332 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Beswick reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. Beswick is also the 844,248th most widespread first name globally, held by 122 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 4,446 people, or 1 in 12,532. In England Beswick is primarily concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 27 percent are found, Cheshire, where 8 percent are found and Greater London, where 7 percent are found. Excluding England it is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.
Beswick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Beswick has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Beswick surname expanded 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 413 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,675 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 578 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Beswick Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Beswick are 12.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.91% registered with the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beswicke | 93 | 23 | / |
| Betswick | 93 | 1 | / |
| Besswick | 93 | 1 | / |
| Beswaick | 93 | 0 | / |
| Beswicks | 93 | 0 | / |
| Beeswick | 93 | 0 | / |
| Beswic | 92 | 1 | / |
| Beswik | 92 | 0 | / |
| Biswick | 86 | 503 | / |
| Boswick | 86 | 171 | / |
| Baswick | 86 | 85 | / |
| Beswyck | 86 | 5 | / |
| Beswisk | 86 | 2 | / |
| Besweck | 86 | 1 | / |
| Veswick | 86 | 1 | / |
| Besuick | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bosswick | 80 | 21 | / |
| Buiswick | 80 | 1 | / |
| Betsuick | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beiswike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bishwick | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boshwick | 80 | 0 | / |
| Biswicks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Biswik | 77 | 6 | / |
| Beswek | 77 | 3 | / |
| Boswik | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bisweck | 71 | 484 | / |
| Boswijk | 71 | 389 | / |
| Besbeck | 71 | 24 | / |
| Biswike | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bisvick | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beiswig | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baiswike | 67 | 73 | / |
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