How common is the surname Beresford?

1,484 people in the United States had the surname Beresford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,050 Americans. It ranked 18,579th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beresford?

Bruce Beresford, Australian film director, followed by John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies.

Where is the surname Beresford most common?

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

Is the surname Beresford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,484 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Beresford

An English place surname, carried by 1,484 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beresford is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

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).

Beresford 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 1,484 people named Beresford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,050 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,374.

#18,579

rank among US surnames

1,484

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #18,526)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,572	Gelb	1,485	207,909
#18,579	Shimabukuro	1,484	208,050
#18,584	Bollin	1,483	208,190

Who is named Beresford

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

83% of people named Beresford identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beresfords

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Beresford
Australian film director, born 1940
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies
Anglo-Irish army officer and civil servant (1866-1944)

Notable Beresfords come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beresford come from?: 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).
How common is the surname Beresford?: 1,484 people in the United States had the surname Beresford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,050 Americans. It ranked 18,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beresford?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Beresford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beresford?: Bruce Beresford, Australian film director, followed by John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies.
Where is the surname Beresford most common?: Wikidata records people named Beresford in Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Beresford?: Beresford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Beresford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,374 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,484 in 2010, up 8.0%.