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Beresford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in the parish of
Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English
beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) +
Old English ford ‘ford’. This name also became established in
Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Beresford Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Beresford families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Beresford families
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255 - 507 86 - 254 |
1 - 85 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beresford families
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28 - 54 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Beresford Family Origin
Beresford Immigration Information
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Beresford Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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