Beacon is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beacon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Beacon

How popular is Beacon?

Beacon is ranked 192064 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Beacons plummeted by 22.93578 per cent to 168 since 2000 and slipped by 25284 spots and ranked at 106096. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.17 79.82
Black 11.9 15.14
Hispanic or Latino 5.95 3.67
Beacon is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Pakistan. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Wales. Around 1818 people have been found who wears Beacon as their family name. Beacon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,231 Jamaica2
7,574 Bangladesh2
20,595 China2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
131,225 Spain2
107,212 South Africa1
30,360 Thailand1
53,033 Nigeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
25,721 Egypt1
16,228 Bulgaria1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
38,841 Scotland1
81,201 Switzerland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
460,058 India17
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,590 Canada83
34,647 Australia63
Countries with hundreds of Beacon:
6,641 Pakistan754
80,350 United States296
19,682 England269
21,011 Argentina254
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pat Beacon was 40 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 14, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Enterprize from Dublin. Elizt. Beacon, 19 years old Margt. Beacon, are others that migrated to US.

Beacon Namesakes

  • Marie-Josee Lord of Beaconsfield, Marc-Édouard Vlasic's mother

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