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 8
Buckinghamshire 203
Berkshire 142
Cambridgeshire 91
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 374
Cornwall 22
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 59
Devon 19
Dorset 10
Durham 51
Essex 175
Gloucestershire 48
Hampshire 121
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 25
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 1
Kent 107
Lancashire 1,019
Leicestershire 47
Lincolnshire 130
London 740
Middlesex 125
Northumberland 31
Norfolk 369
Northamptonshire 22
Nottinghamshire 118
Oxfordshire 74
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 142
Suffolk 191
Somerset 22
Surrey 94
Sussex 56
Staffordshire 372
Warwickshire 220
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 47
Worcestershire 18
Yorkshire 898

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 18
Flintshire 10
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 5
Monmouthshire 25
Pembrokeshire 16
Radnorshire 0

Beckett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beckett family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 84
Cotton Weaver 63
Living On Own Means 56
General Servant Domestic 46
Scholar 41
Farmer 37
Cook Domestic 28
Domestic Servant 27
Charwoman 25
Dress Maker 25
Coal Miner Hewer 24
Agricultural Labourer 24
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 21
Bricklayer 20
Carpenter 16
House Painter 14
Laundress Wash 14
Housemaid Domestic 13
Blacksmith 12
Tailoress 12
Nurse Domestic 12
School 12
Police Constable 11
Tailor 11
Bricklayer Labourer 11

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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