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 215
Berkshire 210
Cambridgeshire 114
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 405
Cornwall 37
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 67
Devon 24
Dorset 12
Durham 61
Essex 246
Gloucestershire 52
Hampshire 208
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 34
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 1
Kent 126
Lancashire 1,256
Leicestershire 52
Lincolnshire 128
London 968
Middlesex 311
Northumberland 39
Norfolk 469
Northamptonshire 37
Nottinghamshire 135
Oxfordshire 108
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 161
Suffolk 229
Somerset 16
Surrey 213
Sussex 90
Staffordshire 538
Warwickshire 253
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 30
Worcestershire 59
Yorkshire 1,171

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 5
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 10
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 17
Flintshire 15
Glamorgan 44
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 21
Pembrokeshire 16
Radnorshire 0

Beckett Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beckett family

Profession Census Frequency
School 752
Farm Labourer 109
General Labourer 60
Cotton Weaver 52
Private Means 41
Farmer 40
General Servant (domestic) 37
Labourer 35
At School 34
None 34
Coal Miner Hewer 33
Domestic Servant 28
Dressmaker 27
House Painter 27
House Keeper 25
Clerk 23
At Home 22
Scholar 22
Charwoman 20
Assisting In The Business 19
Bricklayer 19
Shop Assistant 19
Carter 16
Housekeeper 16
Weaver 16

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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