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 0
Buckinghamshire 149
Berkshire 124
Cambridgeshire 41
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 299
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 22
Derbyshire 22
Devon 16
Dorset 6
Durham 24
Essex 94
Gloucestershire 35
Hampshire 92
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 60
Lancashire 705
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 71
London 721
Middlesex 116
Northumberland 13
Norfolk 349
Northamptonshire 17
Nottinghamshire 81
Oxfordshire 54
Rutland 0
Shropshire 72
Suffolk 106
Somerset 11
Surrey 46
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 255
Warwickshire 120
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 71
Worcestershire 10
Yorkshire 640

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Beckett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beckett family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 772
Agricultural Labourer 110
General Labourer 53
Dress Maker 49
Cotton Weaver 48
Labourer 46
Living On Own Means 39
Domestic Servant 36
Coal Miner 35
Farm Labourer 30
Farmer 28
General Servant Domestic 27
General Servant 26
Gardener 22
Living On Her Own Means 19
Carpenter 17
Laundress 17
Grocer 17
Errand Boy 16
Charwoman 15
General Domestic Servant 15
Shoe Maker 15
Blacksmith 14
Clerk 14
Tailor 13

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

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