Beech Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 8
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 515
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 67
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 20
Essex 55
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 42
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 26
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 85
Lancashire 473
Leicestershire 25
Lincolnshire 141
London 346
Middlesex 40
Northumberland 32
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 69
Nottinghamshire 106
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 196
Suffolk 5
Somerset 1
Surrey 50
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 1,212
Warwickshire 273
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 119
Yorkshire 300

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 57
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Beech Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beech family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 913
Coal Miner 81
Labourer 46
Agricultural Labourer 42
Domestic Servant 41
Dress Maker 36
General Labourer 34
Potter 32
General Servant 28
Laundress 20
General Servant Domestic 19
Farm Labourer 19
Joiner 14
Painter 14
Silk Weaver 12
Cotton Weaver 12
Brick Layer 12
Farmers Son 12
Charwoman 11
Servant 11
Annuitant 11
Grocer 11
Bricklayer 10
House Keeper 10
Shoe Maker 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Beech

Name Census Frequency
William Beech 2,008
Mary Beech 1,971
John Beech 1,731
Thomas Beech 1,251
Elizabeth Beech 1,237
Sarah Beech 1,180
James Beech 1,177
George Beech 1,168
Ann Beech 742
Joseph Beech 647
Hannah Beech 529
Charles Beech 520
Henry Beech 491
Jane Beech 485
Eliza Beech 458
Annie Beech 432
Samuel Beech 413
Emma Beech 405
Alice Beech 368
Richard Beech 365
Edward Beech 350
Ellen Beech 349
Martha Beech 340
Arthur Beech 312
Alfred Beech 310

Beech Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Beck 60% 42,261
2 Beech 100% 30,271
3 Beach 80% 21,410
4 Bache 40% 3,928
5 Bach 60% 3,601
6 Bouch 60% 2,924
7 Buch 60% 2,552
8 Bech 80% 507
9 Beeck 80% 437
10 Bich 60% 208
11 Boach 60% 190
12 Booch 60% 124
13 Becke 40% 108

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The surname Beech is the 2nd most popular variant of Beck.

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