Beasley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 22
Buckinghamshire 115
Berkshire 238
Cambridgeshire 27
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 31
Cornwall 8
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 24
Devon 18
Dorset 29
Durham 52
Essex 140
Gloucestershire 48
Hampshire 71
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 52
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 3
Kent 92
Lancashire 148
Leicestershire 178
Lincolnshire 67
London 576
Middlesex 253
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 15
Northamptonshire 148
Nottinghamshire 83
Oxfordshire 85
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 6
Somerset 50
Surrey 63
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 325
Warwickshire 565
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 50
Worcestershire 327
Yorkshire 371

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 11
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 87
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 29
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Beasley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beasley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 497
Farm Labourer 57
Labourer 43
General Labourer 40
General Servant (domestic) 30
Private Means 28
Coal Miner Hewer 28
Domestic Servant 25
Dressmaker 20
None 19
Laundress 16
General Servant Domestic 16
House Painter 15
Scholar 14
Carpenter 13
Cook (domestic) 13
Assisting In The Business 12
Clerk 12
Gardener Domestic 12
Shop Assistant 11
Soldier 11
Assisting In Business 10
Housekeeper 10
Housemaid (domestic) 10
Errand Boy 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Beasley

Name Census Frequency
William Beasley 1,359
Mary Beasley 1,220
John Beasley 1,095
Elizabeth Beasley 781
Thomas Beasley 736
George Beasley 709
Sarah Beasley 642
James Beasley 550
Charles Beasley 498
Henry Beasley 440
Joseph Beasley 399
Ann Beasley 390
Jane Beasley 360
Annie Beasley 314
Emma Beasley 302
Eliza Beasley 299
Ellen Beasley 298
Alice Beasley 280
Alfred Beasley 262
Frederick Beasley 252
Arthur Beasley 237
Emily Beasley 217
Richard Beasley 214
Florence Beasley 201
Edward Beasley 195

Beasley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beasley 100% 19,886
2 Beesley 86% 15,565
3 Bosley 71% 6,082
4 Busley 71% 4,243
5 Besley 86% 4,024
6 Basley 86% 3,739
7 Beazley 86% 3,044
8 Baseley 71% 1,730
9 Bisley 71% 1,007
10 Boseley 57% 945
11 Beaseley 88% 414
12 Baisley 71% 348
13 Beesly 71% 309
14 Basely 57% 299
15 Beasly 86% 257
16 Beisley 86% 239
17 Beisly 71% 154
18 Besly 71% 132
19 Bosely 43% 117
20 Busly 57% 110

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The surname Beasley is the most popular version of all its varients

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