Becon 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 1
Devon 5
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 10
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 14
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 3
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Becon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Becon family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 6
Female Servant 5
Flax Spinner 3
Labourer 2
Bricklayer 1
Washerwoman 1
Ag Labourer 1
Cord Wainer 1
Lodger 1
Silk Weaver 1
Carpenter 1
Smith 1
Cutler 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Becon

Name Census Frequency
William Becon 44
Mary Becon 38
James Becon 34
John Becon 34
Sarah Becon 29
Elizabeth Becon 28
Thomas Becon 22
Ann Becon 20
George Becon 20
Henry Becon 13
Charles Becon 11
Ellen Becon 11
Hannah Becon 11
Edward Becon 10
Jane Becon 10
Robert Becon 10
Annie Becon 9
Eliza Becon 8
Joseph Becon 8
Frederick Becon 7
Louisa Becon 7
Margaret Becon 7
Walter Becon 7
Alfred Becon 6
Maria Becon 6

Becon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bacon 80% 54,630
2 Beacon 83% 3,309
3 Becon 100% 636

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The surname Becon is the 3rd most popular variant of Bacon.

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