# Beesley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beesley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,956 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,790 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,447 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (2,604 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Beasley, Beazley, Beesly, Beezley, Besley, Biesley |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English *beos (“bentgrass”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beesley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beesley in the United Kingdom.

## People named Beesley

- Max Beesley, British actor and musician

## Similar surnames

Beasley, Baisley, Beazley, Beisel, Begley, Beckley, Beegle, Bekele, Buckley, Boswell, Bagley, Bigelow.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.