# Beach (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beach/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,867 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,137 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,002 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (29,940 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beach in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beach in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Beach

- Amy Beach, American composer and pianist
- Michael Beach, American actor
- Patrick Beach, Australian soccer player (born 2003)
- Sylvia Beach, American-born bookseller and publisher (1887–1962)
- Rex Beach, author and water polo player (1877-1949)
- Reb Beach, American guitarist
- Alfred Ely Beach, American businessman (1826–1896)
- Gary Beach, American actor (1947-2018)
- Chester Beach, American artist (1881–1956)
- Ann Beach, British actress (1938–2017)

## Similar surnames

Bach, Beachy, Beech, Bauch, Bache, Beechy, Bacha, Beck, Beas, Boesch, Bausch, Basch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.