Beckley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beckley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: The meadow or pasture by the brook, from beck, a brook and ley, field or meadow

How popular is Beckley?

Beckley is common in Nigeria.

Beckley is ranked 17330 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beckley bearers increased by 3.468649 per cent in 2010 US census to 5429 since 2000, the surname slipped by 257 spots and ranked at 6291. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80 83.25
Black 14.15 12.62
Hispanic or Latino 2.39 1.52
Others 2.28 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.65
Beckley is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Sierra Leone is ahead in terms of density. Around 30207 people have been found who wears Beckley as their family name. Beckley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,384 Northern Ireland3
8,926 Cameroon3
65,594 Belgium2
91,784 Netherlands2
40,256 Mexico2
19,046 Ireland2
9,272 Ecuador2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
7,847 Albania1
169,904 Brazil1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
897,276 Russia1
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,196 Liberia1
49,101 Denmark1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
5,872 Namibia1
81,201 Switzerland1
1,005 The Gambia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
50,826 Zimbabwe19
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
104,308 France86
8,515 New Zealand83
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Beckley:
4,052 Ghana719
3,073 Guatemala369
11,214 Canada348
9,229 Australia305
22,208 Argentina239
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Beckley:
117 Sierra Leone6,352
6,186 United States6,302
4,212 South Africa1,552
4,806 England1,533
Countries with ten thousands of Beckley:
2,111 Nigeria11,921
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Miner William Beckley and miner William Beckley from Great Britain aboard the Lady Peel from Penzance during the Irish famine. William is registered to be 37 years old when he arrived in USA on October 14, 1848.

Beckley Namesakes

  • Art Beckley, Football player
  • William Beckley, Actor
  • Gerry Beckley, Musical Artist
  • Rob Beckley, Singer
  • William Beckley, Actor
  • Gerry Beckley, Musical Artist
  • Michael Beckley, Actor
  • Tony Beckley, Character actor
  • Rafe Beckley, Actor
  • John J. Beckley, Librarian

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