Beckwith is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beckwith
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: The same as Beckworth, the farm or place by the brook, from beck, a brook, and worth, a farm

How popular is Beckwith?

Beckwith is common in United States.

Beckwith is ranked 25002 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beckwith bearers increased by 1.478253 per cent in 2010 US census to 11876 since 2000, the surname slipped by 211 spots and ranked at 3020. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.47 84.87
Black 12.39 11.46
Others 2.05 1.56
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.48
Beckwith is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 20476 people have been found who wears Beckwith as their family name. Beckwith is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
10,762 Hungary3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
661,536 Indonesia3
147,165 Czech Republic2
6,353 Panama2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
44,018 Poland2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
18,035 Egypt2
3,307 Malta1
42,479 Greece1
277,603 France1
10,958 Bangladesh1
12,741 Ecuador1
31,584 Peru1
897,276 Russia1
10,683 Cyprus1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
1,704,541 India1
3,586 Honduras1
16,640 Hong Kong1
492,292 Ukraine1
47,891 Norway1
40,340 Malaysia1
16,073 Latvia1
21,562 Portugal1
4,171 Rwanda1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
31,207 Ireland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,911 Spain47
23,537 Switzerland45
8,214 Singapore35
57,220 Netherlands27
344 Gibraltar15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,157 New Zealand76
8,532 Denmark69
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Beckwith:
3,104 Australia995
6,350 Canada673
15,361 South Africa402
3,317 Scotland190
59,024 Germany168
27,127 Mexico105
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Beckwith:
2,740 England2,855
Countries with ten thousands of Beckwith:
2,757 United States14,555
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Beckwith was 24 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 13, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as wheelright and took China from Liverpool.

Beckwith Namesakes

  • Abijah Beckwith, Politician
  • John Adolphus Beckwith, Politician
  • Michael Beckwith, Author
  • Andy Beckwith, Actor
  • Athelstan Beckwith, Chemist
  • Bethany Ann Beckwith, Winthrop Gardner's ex-wife
  • Reginald Beckwith, Film actor
  • Reginald Beckwith, Film actor
  • Reginald Beckwith, Film actor
  • Michael Beckwith, Author

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