Bea 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bea Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bea family

Profession Census Frequency
Confectionery Shop, Ice Cream Vendor 1
Domestic Servant 1
Footman (domestic) 1
Servant 1
Clerk 1
Marojiry Saerton Cotton 1
Cowman On Farm 1
Clothier (dealer) 1
Work General Labour 1
Gardner Domestic 1
Past Woman & New Agent 1
Straw Band Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bea

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Bea 6
James Bea 6
Mary Bea 6
George Bea 5
John Bea 5
William Bea 5
Henry Bea 4
Ann Bea 3
Ellen Bea 3
Emily Bea 3
Jane Bea 3
Annie Bea 2
Catherine Bea 2
Charles Bea 2
Edith Bea 2
Edward Bea 2
Emma Bea 2
Harry Bea 2
Joseph Bea 2
Louisa Bea 2
Maria Bea 2
Peter Bea 2
Samuel Bea 2
Thomas Bea 2
Ada Bea 1

Bea Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bee 67% 12,477
2 Obee 50% 1,494
3 Boe 33% 425
4 Abe 33% 120
5 Bea 100% 115

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The surname Bea is the 5th most popular variant of Bee.

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