Last Name BEALL

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Meaning	Local: Of Beal, sometimes called Beal-on-the-Hill, a hamlet in north Durham, close to the sea.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,622 (2000 US census)	3,074 (1990 US census)

Count	9,011 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.17%, or 8305 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.97%, or 268 total occurrences, as black,
0.58%, or 52 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.81%, or 73 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.18%, or 106 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.3%, or 207 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Ukrainian middle names

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