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The BEAMISH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 791 28407 0 3
United States (1880 census) 168 21850 0 3
Change since 1880 +623 -6557 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 353 4484 0.002 22
United Kingdom 869 5883 0.002 19
Top States for BEAMISH by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 158 7349 0.002 16
New York 91 18985 0.000 5
California 75 27858 0.000 2
Florida 73 21094 0.000 5
Arizona 45 11327 0.001 9
Top States for BEAMISH by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 158 7349 0.002 16
Minnesota 45 16301 0.001 9
Arizona 45 11327 0.001 9
Maine 10 12057 0.001 8
Idaho 9 16425 0.001 7

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BEAMISH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BEAMISH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BEAMISH in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BEAMISH by picking someone at random in Michigan than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BEAMISH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BEAMISH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BEAMISH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BEAMISH in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 754 95.32
White (Hispanic) 22 2.78
Mixed Race 10 1.26
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BEAMISH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BEAMISH in historical publications

BEAMISH. The Beamishes of co. Cork have been settled there nearly three centuries, but nothing is known of the earlier history of the name, which would appear to be derived either from the Germ. Bohmisch, a Bohemian, or fi'om Beamish, a toTishii in Durham.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BEAMISH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BEAMISH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BEAMISH

The following words are slight variants of BEAMISH that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.