Birkbeck

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse birki (“birch”) + bekkr (“stream”).

Proper noun

Birkbeck (countable and uncountable, plural Birkbecks)

1. A surname from Old Norse.
2. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Birkbeck is the 54864^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 375 individuals. Birkbeck is most common among White (90.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Birkbeck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.