Beffen 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 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
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

Beffen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Beffen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Gardenia 1
Widow 1
Publican 1
Butcher 1
Farmer Of 140 Acres Employing 4 Men 1woman 1boy 1
Domestic Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Beffen

Name Census Frequency
Mary Beffen 16
William Beffen 14
John Beffen 13
Elizabeth Beffen 10
Emma Beffen 8
Thomas Beffen 8
Ann Beffen 6
George Beffen 6
James Beffen 6
Alfred Beffen 5
Alice Beffen 5
Charles Beffen 4
Ellen Beffen 4
Martha Beffen 4
Sarah Beffen 4
Edith Beffen 3
Henry Beffen 3
Joseph Beffen 3
Richard Beffen 3
Robert Beffen 3
Annie Beffen 2
Ernest Beffen 2
Eva Beffen 2
Florence Beffen 2
Francis Beffen 2

Beffen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Boffin 67% 1,374
2 Biffin 67% 1,324
3 Biffen 83% 1,191
4 Buffen 83% 539
5 Buffin 67% 505
6 Beffen 100% 191
7 Beffin 83% 124

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The surname Beffen is the 6th most popular variant of Boffin.

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