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    The surname Beacham

    A surname, carried by 3,396 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B250

    Beacham: #9,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beacham #9,570, 3,396 people Beacham: #9,570 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beacham #9,570, 3,396 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beacham is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    From Middle English, from Old French Beauchamp.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,396 people named Beacham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,914 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,310.

    #9,570
    rank among US surnames
    3,396
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,077)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,563Leader3,39990,834
    #9,567Hendon3,39890,861
    #9,568Sill3,39790,888
    #9,570Revis3,39690,914
    #9,573Delacerda3,39590,941
    #9,578Enoch3,39490,968

    Who is named Beacham

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

    68% of people named Beacham identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beachams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephanie Beacham
      British actress, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Beacham

    Beacham has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beacham come from?
    From Middle English, from Old French Beauchamp.
    How common is the surname Beacham?
    3,396 people in the United States had the surname Beacham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,914 Americans. It ranked 9,570th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beacham?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Beacham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beacham?
    Stephanie Beacham, British actress.
    Where is the surname Beacham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beacham in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Beacham getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,396 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Beacham?
    Beachem, Beachum, Beecham, Beechem and Beechum.