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The birkbeck Surname

birkbeck Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from a minor place in Cumbria named after the river on which it stands. The river name derives from Old Norse birki ‘birch’ + bekkr ‘stream’.
  2. Americanized form of either Swedish Björkbäck or Danish Birkebæk, which have the same origin as the English river name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The birkbeck name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the birkbeck family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of birkbeck Families in the US in 1920
Number of birkbeck families
 6-9
 3-5		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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