Last Name BEVERIDGE

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Meaning The son of Beverache. Like Aldridge (from personal name Aldrich), Beveridge has a distinctly local look about it, but it is probably a personal name.
Local: From a town in the county of Dorset, England. 'Bever' is probably a contraction of 'Belvoir' French, that is, fine prospect; and 'ridge,' the back or top of a hill. A town located on a hill.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 9,420 (2000 US census) 7,432 (1990 US census)
Count 3,166 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.42%, or 3021 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.17%, or 37 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.51%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.85%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.61%, or 51 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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