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Beal

in South Carolina

There are 143 people with the last name "Beal" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Beal 3,198
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  1. is 3,194th most common Starkey
  2. is 3,195th most common Tyndall
  3. is 3,196th most common Whelchel
  4. is 3,197th most common Allman
  5. is 3,198th most common Beal
  6. is 3,199th most common Borden
  7. is 3,200th most common Buxton
  8. is 3,201st most common Cooksey
  9. is 3,202nd most common Crouse

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bell, Beall, Beale, Beals, Bello, Belle, Bealer, Bella, Bewley, Bellew

Most Common First Names for Beal

James, Robert, Jane, Michael, Carl, Carol, Charles, Chris, Dana

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin): from Old French bel(e) ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (see Beau), either a nickname for a handsome man or a metronymic from this word used as a female personal name.

English: habitational name from places so named in Northumberland and West Yorkshire. The former of these (Behil in early records) comes from Old English bēo ‘bee’ + hyll ‘hill’; the latter (Begale in Domesday Book) is from Old English bēag ‘ring’, here probably used in the sense ‘river bend’, or an unattested personal name Bēaga derived from this word + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.

French (Béal): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill race, from the Lyonnaise dialect term béal, bezale, bedale (of Gaulish origin).

Americanized spelling of German Biehl or Bühl (see Buehl).

FOREBEARS Lt. Col. Thomas Beal(e) (c. 1621–c. 1676) of London settled in York Co., VA, about 1650.

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