Last Name BEAL

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Meaning Local: Of Beal, sometimes called Beal-on-the-Hill, a hamlet in north Durham, close to the sea.
Local: 'Biel,' a town in Switzerland. The Gaelic word "Beul," signifies the mouth, and by metonymy, eloquent, musical.
Origin English, Jewish, Polish, Irish

Rank 1,648 (2000 US census) 1,639 (1990 US census)
Count 19,922 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 79.65%, or 15868 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.13%, or 3213 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.38%, or 76 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.63%, or 126 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.34%, or 267 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.87%, or 373 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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