Explore the Family Name Bewick

The meaning of Bewick

English (northern): habitational name from either of two places in Northumberland and East Yorkshire called Bewick, named from Old English bēo ‘bee’ + wīc ‘outlying farm’, hence an outlying location with beehives, for the production of honey.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bewick ranked 49,671 in popularity in the year 2000 and dropped slightly to rank 50,851 in 2010. This represents a slight decrease of 2.38%. On the other hand, the actual count of individuals with the Bewick surname increased a bit from 397 in 2000 to 410 in 2010, showing a positive change of 3.27%. However, when looking at the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a minor decline of 6.67%, moving from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,671	#50,851	-2.38%
Count	397	410	3.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bewick

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the Bewick surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, showing a slight increase from 94.96% to 95.12%. The percentage of those who identified as being of two or more ethnic identities decreased by 38.27%, going from 2.77% in 2000 to 1.71% in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 45.70%, albeit from a small base of 1.51% in 2000 to 2.20% in 2010. There were no individuals identified under Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.96%	95.12%	0.17%
Hispanic	1.51%	2.2%	45.7%
Two or More Races	2.77%	1.71%	-38.27%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%