How common is the surname Beachy?

5,102 people in the United States had the surname Beachy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,515 Americans. It ranked 6,636th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beachy?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Beachy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Beachy getting more or less common?

More common. 4,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,102 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Beachy

A surname, carried by 5,102 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beachy is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,102 people named Beachy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,515 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,069.

#6,636

rank among US surnames

5,102

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+25.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,538)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,632	Cottle	5,108	60,444
#6,634	Dishman	5,106	60,467
#6,635	Brumbaugh	5,103	60,503
#6,636	Beachy	5,102	60,515
#6,638	Gehring	5,100	60,538

Who is named Beachy

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

98% of people named Beachy identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beachy

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

Questions

How common is the surname Beachy?: 5,102 people in the United States had the surname Beachy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,515 Americans. It ranked 6,636th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beachy?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Beachy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Beachy getting more or less common?: More common. 4,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,102 in 2010, up 25%.