Beswick
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Beac + -s- + wīc (“village”).
Proper noun
Beswick (countable and uncountable, plural Beswicks)
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA012481).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beswick is the 20248th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1314 individuals. Beswick is most common among White (87.75%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beswick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.