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Beamish


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Origin Of The Surname Beamish

Meaning Of The Surname Beamish

From the Place of the Beautiful Settlement

Interesting Facts About Beamish

Beamish is a locational surname of French origins and would have been brought to Britain by invading Normans. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. Beaumetz in France gets its name from the Old French ‘bea’ meaning beautiful, combined with ‘mes’ meaning a home/settlement.

Beamish Statistics

Beamish is the number 1775 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,111 share the surname Beamish in the UK.

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