Last Name BECKFORD

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Meaning Local: Of Beckford, a parish in county Gloucester, about six miles from Tewkesbury.
Local: The brook-ford.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Irish

Rank 8,925 (2000 US census) 7,857 (1990 US census)
Count 3,371 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 12.61%, or 425 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 77.4%, or 2609 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.24%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.33%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 4.33%, or 146 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.1%, or 172 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

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Russian middle names

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Shortest baby names

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