How common is the surname Beach?

30,867 people in the United States had the surname Beach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,002 Americans. It ranked 1,137th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beach?

Amy Beach, American composer and pianist, followed by Michael Beach.

Where is the surname Beach most common?

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

Is the surname Beach getting more or less common?

More common. 29,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,867 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Beach

A surname, carried by 30,867 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beach is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,867 people named Beach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,002 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,940.

#1,137

rank among US surnames

30,867

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,071)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,128	Crowley	31,098	9,928
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953
#1,131	Wilder	31,018	9,954
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996

Who is named Beach

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Beach identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beachs

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amy Beach
American composer and pianist, 1867–1944
Michael Beach
American actor, born 1963
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, born 1963
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)

Notable Beachs come mostly from the United States (8), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beach

Beach has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

Where does the surname Beach come from?: English surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.
How common is the surname Beach?: 30,867 people in the United States had the surname Beach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,002 Americans. It ranked 1,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beach?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Beach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beach?: Amy Beach, American composer and pianist, followed by Michael Beach.
Where is the surname Beach most common?: Wikidata records people named Beach in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Beach getting more or less common?: More common. 29,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,867 in 2010, up 3.1%.