Besh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 5
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 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Besh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Besh family

Profession Census Frequency
Licenced Victualler 1
Parish Clerk 1
Clerk Railway 1
Station Master Railway 1
Ladysmaid (domestic) 1
Family Duty 1
Unknown 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Besh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Besh 13
William Besh 11
John Besh 9
Annie Besh 7
Elizabeth Besh 7
George Besh 6
Sarah Besh 6
James Besh 5
Ann Besh 4
Joseph Besh 4
Thomas Besh 4
Arthur Besh 3
Ellen Besh 3
Harriet Besh 3
Richard Besh 3
Agnes Besh 2
Caroline Besh 2
Emma Besh 2
Frederick Besh 2
Henry Besh 2
Jane Besh 2
Ada Besh 1
Albert Besh 1
Alexander Besh 1
Andrew Besh 1

Besh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bush 75% 54,376
2 Bish 75% 2,877
3 Boosh 60% 1,523
4 Baish 60% 1,023
5 Bash 75% 799
6 Bushe 60% 173
7 Besh 100% 149

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The surname Besh is the 7th most popular variant of Bush.

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