The Beaufort surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 706 people carried this name — #32,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 25% from 567 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,239 people named Beaufort.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 64 people named Beaufort live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Beaufort,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hugues Roger 1293–1363 · Catholic priest
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John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 1373–1410 · military personnel -
Henry Beaufort 1375–1447 · judge -
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland 1379–1440 -
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset 1404–1444 · military personnel -
John Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset d. 1471
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beaufort.
- Beauchesne 962 · U.S. census
- Beauclair 190 · U.S. census
- Beaudet 1,428 · U.S. census
- Beaudin 1,479 · U.S. census
- Beaudoin 6,562 · U.S. census
- Beaudry 4,293 · U.S. census
- Beauge 210 · U.S. census
- Beaugrand 136 · U.S. census
- Beaujean 121 · U.S. census
- Beaulier 189 · U.S. census
- Beaulieu 10,695 · U.S. census
- Beaumier 530 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Beaufort is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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