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The BEWLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,929 10123 0.001 11
United States (1880 census) 528 9253 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +2401 -870 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 173 8584 0.001 11
United Kingdom 1,119 4797 0.002 24
Top States for BEWLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 331 8216 0.001 10
Texas 326 6114 0.002 16
Kentucky 227 2401 0.006 56
Indiana 212 3709 0.003 35
Oklahoma 178 2697 0.005 52
Top States for BEWLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Arkansas 159 2256 0.006 59
Kentucky 227 2401 0.006 56
Oklahoma 178 2697 0.005 52
Indiana 212 3709 0.003 35
Oregon 100 4420 0.003 29

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

Classification and Origin of BEWLEY

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 BEWLEY 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 BEWLEY 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 BEWLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 81 2.77
Black/African American 71 2.42
Mixed Race 24 0.82
Native American/Alaskan 18 0.61
Asian/Pacific 11 0.38
White (Caucasian) 2,724 93

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

Meaning of BEWLEY in historical publications

A corruption of the French Beaulieu, that is, a beautiful place.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BEWLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BEWLEY.

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 BEWLEY

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