How common is the surname Beveridge?

3,095 people in the United States had the surname Beveridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. It ranked 10,408th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beveridge?

William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer (1879-1963), followed by Albert J. Beveridge.

Where is the surname Beveridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Beveridge in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Beveridge getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,095 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Beveridge

An English occupational surname, carried by 3,095 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beveridge is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English beverage, probably a nickname or an occupational surname.

Beveridge is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 3,095 people named Beveridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,166.

#10,408

rank among US surnames

3,095

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853
#10,414	Houseman	3,091	99,885

Who is named Beveridge

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

95% of people named Beveridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beveridges

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Beveridge
British economist and social reformer (1879-1963)
Albert J. Beveridge
American historian and politician (1862–1927)
John Lourie Beveridge
American politician (1824-1910)

Notable Beveridges come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Beveridge

Beverage

Beveridge has the Soundex code B163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B163.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beveridge come from?: From Middle English beverage, probably a nickname or an occupational surname.
How common is the surname Beveridge?: 3,095 people in the United States had the surname Beveridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,756 Americans. It ranked 10,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beveridge?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beveridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beveridge?: William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer (1879-1963), followed by Albert J. Beveridge.
Where is the surname Beveridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Beveridge in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Beveridge?: Beveridge is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Beveridge getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,095 in 2010, down 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Beveridge?: Berridge and Beverage.