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There are approximately 14,921 people named Beard in the UK. That makes it the 679th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 236 are named Beard.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

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The Beard surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BEARD. AVhen the unnatural process of shaving was unknown, as it was during a great part of tlie middle ages, many persons were known by sobriquets having reference to this appendage to the manly chin. Besides Beard, we have, or have had. Blackboard, Fairbeard, Longbeard, Heavj'beard, and Beardman, A coimnon form in fl.R. is cum JSarba, as Hugo cumBarba, Johannes cum Barba. In Domesd. the powerful Hugh de Montfort is sometimes described as Hugo Barbatus. The name may, however, be local, from Beard, a township in Derbyshire.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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