# Beresford (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beresford/  
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) | 1,484 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 208,050 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (1,374 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”). The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beresford 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beresford in Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Beresford

- Bruce Beresford, Australian film director
- John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, Anglo-Irish army officer and civil servant (1866-1944)

## Similar surnames

Burchfield, Birchfield, Brasfield, Brassfield, Brakefield, Bhargava, Brisbane, Berkebile, Brisbin, Brookover, Brockbank, Birkbeck.

## 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.