The surname Be
A surname, carried by 1,146 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,146 people named Be in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. That is up 104% since 2000, when the Census counted 561.
#22,450
rank among US surnames
1,146
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+104.3%
change since 2000 (was #37,374)
Who is named Be
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Be identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 61%
- White (not Hispanic) 23%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Be has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Be?
- 1,146 people in the United States had the surname Be in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,411 Americans. It ranked 22,450th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Be?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Be identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Be getting more or less common?
- More common. 561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,146 in 2010, up 104%.