Beckett Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 11
Buckinghamshire 91
Berkshire 113
Cambridgeshire 52
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 377
Cornwall 13
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 39
Devon 20
Dorset 2
Durham 67
Essex 101
Gloucestershire 34
Hampshire 99
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 1
Kent 69
Lancashire 966
Leicestershire 16
Lincolnshire 90
London 721
Middlesex 61
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 363
Northamptonshire 26
Nottinghamshire 119
Oxfordshire 47
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 106
Suffolk 188
Somerset 21
Surrey 90
Sussex 74
Staffordshire 353
Warwickshire 173
Westmorland 24
Wiltshire 70
Worcestershire 14
Yorkshire 727

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 22
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Beckett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beckett family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,226
Agricultural Labourer 117
Dress Maker 61
General Labourer 57
Cotton Weaver 50
Labourer 44
Domestic Servant 42
Coal Miner 41
Laundress 30
Farm Labourer 26
Annuitant 23
Farmers Son 20
Farmers Daughter 19
General Servant Domestic 17
Grocer 17
General Servant 16
House Keeper 16
Tailor 16
No Occupation 15
Blacksmith 13
Carpenter 13
Shoe Maker 13
Farm Servant Indoor 13
Bricklayer 12
Charwoman 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Beckett

Name Census Frequency
John Beckett 2,278
William Beckett 2,256
Mary Beckett 2,230
George Beckett 1,397
Thomas Beckett 1,396
Elizabeth Beckett 1,391
Sarah Beckett 1,278
James Beckett 1,159
Charles Beckett 782
Ann Beckett 761
Henry Beckett 647
Jane Beckett 597
Alice Beckett 592
Joseph Beckett 588
Eliza Beckett 560
Ellen Beckett 510
Emma Beckett 510
Annie Beckett 508
Arthur Beckett 456
Hannah Beckett 448
Robert Beckett 436
Samuel Beckett 407
Edward Beckett 393
Frederick Beckett 378
Alfred Beckett 373

Beckett Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beckett 100% 36,852
2 Buckett 86% 7,040
3 Becket 86% 3,404
4 Beekett 86% 2,527
5 Beckitt 86% 1,926
6 Bickett 86% 1,109
7 Backett 86% 780
8 Bockett 86% 357
9 Beeket 71% 169

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