How common is the surname Beverley?

1,153 people in the United States had the surname Beverley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. It ranked 22,346th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Beverley?

Beverley is /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Beverley getting more or less common?

More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,153 in 2010, up 18%.

Is Beverley also a first name?

Yes. Beverley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Beverley

An English place surname, carried by 1,153 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/ 3 syllables Soundex B164 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beverley is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

Beverley 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 1,153 people named Beverley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 978.

#22,346

rank among US surnames

1,153

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+17.9%

change since 2000 (was #24,061)

Who is named Beverley

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

65% of people named Beverley identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beverly

Surnames that sound like Beverley

Beverly

Beverley has the Soundex code B164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B164.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beverley come from?: From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Beverley?: 1,153 people in the United States had the surname Beverley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. It ranked 22,346th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beverley?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Beverley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Beverley?: Beverley is /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Beverley?: Beverley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Beverley getting more or less common?: More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,153 in 2010, up 18%.
What are other spellings of Beverley?: Beverly.
Is Beverley also a first name?: Yes. Beverley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.