Beale is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beale
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

The Le Beale of the Hundred Rolls is probably the French le Bel, referring to personal beauty.

One who came from Beal signifying bee hill, or Beaga's corner, the name of places in Northumberland and Yorkshire.

Beale is the variant form of Beal. One who came from Beal signifying bee hill, or Beaga's corner, the name of places in Northumberland and Yorkshire.

1. A hamlet in the detached portion of Durham. 2. An opening between hills; a narrow pass. Scholars think it an ancient personal name. Beli, the Scandinavian giant, was slain by Freyr. But Le Beale is found in Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Beale?

Beale is common in United States, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Wales, Jamaica, Ireland, South Africa, Scotland.

Beale is ranked 22380 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beale bearers increased by 2.54 per cent in 2010 US census to 7431 since 2000, the surname slipped by 255 spots and ranked at 4764. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.97 72.18
Black 23.29 23.78
Others 2.27 1.59
Hispanic or Latino 2.07 1.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.85 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.59
Beale is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 24288 people have been found who wears Beale as their family name. Beale is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Beale:
4,376 United States10,342
Countries with thousands of Beale:
1,063 England7,648
1,392 Australia2,903
Countries with hundreds of Beale:
813 New Zealand899
6,046 Canada740
1,034 Wales328
1,415 Jamaica198
2,561 Ireland167
33,514 South Africa146
4,152 Scotland114
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,996 France88
136,584 Thailand82
229,403 India58
3,447 Northern Ireland52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,126 Chile48
60,205 Argentina45
95,514 DR Congo41
43,703 Romania33
11,471 Dominican Republic31
21,349 Ivory Coast29
143,912 Germany26
11,611 Singapore21
61,770 Malaysia20
958 Isle of Man19
58,585 Spain19
4,438 Sudan16
63,831 Zimbabwe15
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
1,223 Barbados11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
94,851 Papua New Guinea9
81,336 Sweden9
58,198 Switzerland9
9,403 Trinidad and Tobago7
48,838 Japan6
55,922 Qatar6
991 Gibraltar6
5,462 Costa Rica6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Grocer John Beale from Great Britain aboard the Ivanhoe from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 70 years old when he arrived in USA on July 2, 1849. Charlotte Beale (21), Eliza Beale (19), 17 years old Adelaide Beale, John Beale, aged 29, Ellen Beale, aged 21, 23 years old Francis Beale, Hugh Beale (31) Immigrant, Margt. Beale (31) Immigrant, and 8 other Beale around 62.5% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

From Italy

42 years old laborer D. Beale who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on April 28, 1883 by Denmark put out from London. F. Beale, aged 6, L. Beale (3), M. Beale, aged 32, are others that migrated to US.

Beale Namesakes

  • Fleur Beale, New Zealand teenage fiction writer, best
  • Octavius Beale, Irish-born Australian piano manufacturer and a philanthropist
  • William Beale, English composer and baritone
  • John Elmes Beale, English politician and merchant
  • Truxtun Beale, American diplomat
  • Martin Beale, applied mathematician and statistician
  • Jack Beale, Australian politician
  • Anne Beale, popular English novelist and poet, based in Wales
  • James M. H. Beale, U.S. Representative from Virginia
  • Dorothea Beale, suffragist, educational reformer
  • Edward Fitzgerald Beale, national figure in 19th century America
  • Anthony Beale, American politician and the alderman of the 9th ward of the City of Chicago
  • Edith Bouvier Beale, American socialite
  • Simon Russell Beale, English actor, author and music historian
  • Mary Beale, was one of the most successful professional female Baroque-era portrait painters of the late 17th century due to her perseverance of her business
  • Charles Lewis Beale, American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Lionel Smith Beale, British physician, microscopist
  • Richard L. T. Beale, lawyer, three-term United States Congressman
  • Richard Beale, British actor
  • Joseph Grant Beale, Republican U.S. Representative
  • Bobby Beale, English footballer who played as a goalkeeper
  • Kurtley Beale, Australian professional rugby union football player of Aboriginal descent
  • Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, American socialite and amateur singer
  • Julian Beale, billionaire and former Australian federal politician
  • Doris Beale, English nurse

Beale Namesakes

  • Fleur Beale, New Zealand teenage fiction writer, best
  • Octavius Beale, Irish-born Australian piano manufacturer and a philanthropist
  • William Beale, English composer and baritone
  • John Elmes Beale, English politician and merchant
  • Truxtun Beale, American diplomat
  • Martin Beale, applied mathematician and statistician
  • Jack Beale, Australian politician
  • Anne Beale, popular English novelist and poet, based in Wales
  • James M. H. Beale, U.S. Representative from Virginia
  • Dorothea Beale, suffragist, educational reformer
  • Edward Fitzgerald Beale, national figure in 19th century America
  • Anthony Beale, American politician and the alderman of the 9th ward of the City of Chicago
  • Edith Bouvier Beale, American socialite
  • Simon Russell Beale, English actor, author and music historian
  • Mary Beale, was one of the most successful professional female Baroque-era portrait painters of the late 17th century due to her perseverance of her business
  • Charles Lewis Beale, American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Lionel Smith Beale, British physician, microscopist
  • Richard L. T. Beale, lawyer, three-term United States Congressman
  • Richard Beale, British actor
  • Joseph Grant Beale, Republican U.S. Representative
  • Bobby Beale, English footballer who played as a goalkeeper
  • Kurtley Beale, Australian professional rugby union football player of Aboriginal descent
  • Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, American socialite and amateur singer
  • Julian Beale, billionaire and former Australian federal politician
  • Doris Beale, English nurse

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