Beaver is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beaver
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Beaver

How popular is Beaver?

Beaver is common in United States.

Beaver is ranked 18008 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Beavers plummeted by 1.470655 per cent to 21640 since 2000 and slipped by 177 spots and ranked at 1665. The last name was found in around 73 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.06 88.21
Black 5.09 4.85
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.13 3.33
Others 2.16 1.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.41
Beaver is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 29034 people have been found who wears Beaver as their family name. Beaver is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
114,007 Czech Republic4
10,542 China4
1,219,338 India3
3,340 Jamaica3
184,212 France3
90,215 Germany3
9,185 Hong Kong2
2,617 Cambodia2
4,104 South Korea2
54,135 Philippines2
18,625 Japan2
8,828 Puerto Rico1
31,584 Peru1
6,820 Angola1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
8,268 Mauritius1
7,191 Afghanistan1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,578 Guam1
20,172 Hungary1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,181 Botswana1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
36,678 Singapore1
118,015 Netherlands1
10,683 Cyprus1
28,365 Kenya1
13,447 Uganda1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
3,071 Jersey1
34,581 Chile1
1,005 The Gambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,873 Ireland44
52,316 Spain36
28,564 Switzerland36
55,829 Zimbabwe16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,622 Wales79
Countries with hundreds of Beaver:
3,507 Australia875
3,258 New Zealand234
30,064 South Africa183
23,602 Mexico131
4,630 Scotland125
Countries with thousands of Beaver:
4,601 England1,608
3,391 Canada1,387
Countries with ten thousands of Beaver:
1,633 United States24,205
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bernard Beaver was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 7, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Industry from Dublin. Farmer Emily Beaver, Christian Beaver, aged 23, are others that migrated to US.

Beaver Namesakes

  • Aiden Beaverson, Author
  • Anastasia Beaverhausen, Musical Artist
  • Paul Beaver, Musician
  • Aubrey Beavers, Football player
  • Stan Beaver, Singer
  • Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Tycoon
  • Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Tycoon
  • Jim Beaver, Film actor
  • James A. Beaver, Former Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Justin Beaver, Football player
  • Emma Beaver characterized central character of segment "ScareCrow" in 2018 horror flick Silent Terror.
  • In 2012, Lewis Beaver characterized the role of Mr. Jenkins in horror movie Sloppy the Psychotic.

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