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    The surname Beesley

    An English place surname, carried by 2,956 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B240

    Beesley: #10,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beesley #10,790, 2,956 people Beesley: #10,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beesley #10,790, 2,956 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beesley is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Beesley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,956 people named Beesley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,447 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,604.

    #10,790
    rank among US surnames
    2,956
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,171)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,782Lama2,958104,376
    #10,787Sergent2,957104,412
    #10,790Beesley2,956104,447
    #10,792Turnbow2,955104,482
    #10,795Rothschild2,954104,518
    #10,797Coffelt2,953104,553

    Who is named Beesley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Beesley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beesleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Max Beesley
      British actor and musician, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Beesley

    Beesley has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beesley come from?
    Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English *beos (“bentgrass”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Beesley?
    2,956 people in the United States had the surname Beesley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,447 Americans. It ranked 10,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beesley?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beesley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Beesley?
    Max Beesley, British actor and musician.
    Where is the surname Beesley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beesley in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Beesley?
    Beesley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Beesley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,956 in 2010, up 14%.
    What are other spellings of Beesley?
    Beasley, Beazley, Beesly, Beezley, Besley and Biesley.