Killingbeck

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place near Leeds, most probably named with the Old Norse personal name Killing + bekkr (“brook, creek”).

Proper noun

Killingbeck (plural Killingbecks)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Killingbeck is the 35866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 626 individuals. Killingbeck is most common among White (85.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Killingbeck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.