Explore the Family Name Beardsworth

The meaning of Beardsworth

English: habitational name from Beardwood (in Lancashire). The placename is probably from the Old English personal name Bearda + worth ‘smallholding, curtilage’.

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How common is the last name Beardsworth in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Beardsworth" has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Beardsworth was ranked as the 81,100th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010, it moved to the 87,335th position, reflecting a decrease of around 7.69 percent. The number of individuals carrying the Beardsworth surname also declined from 217 in 2000 to 213 in 2010, showing a drop of approximately 1.84 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 residents fell by about 12.5 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#81,100	#87,335	-7.69%
Count	217	213	-1.84%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Beardsworth

Moving to the ethnicity associated with the Beardsworth surname, the Decennial U.S. Census provides some insights. As per the data, the overwhelming majority of individuals with the name Beardsworth identified themselves as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight reduction from 99.08 percent to 98.59 percent respectively. There were no recorded instances of the surname among those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Similarly, there was no change in the percentage of individuals identifying as having two or more ethnicities who bore the surname Beardsworth between the two census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.08%	98.59%	-0.49%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%