How common is the surname Beaird?

2,201 people in the United States had the surname Beaird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. It ranked 13,746th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Beaird getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,201 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Beaird

A surname, carried by 2,201 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beaird is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,201 people named Beaird in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,220.

#13,746

rank among US surnames

2,201

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,737	Brunetti	2,203	140,148
#13,741	Willits	2,202	140,211
#13,746	Beaird	2,201	140,275
#13,752	Sova	2,200	140,339

Who is named Beaird

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

88% of people named Beaird identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beaird

Beaird has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

How common is the surname Beaird?: 2,201 people in the United States had the surname Beaird in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. It ranked 13,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beaird?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Beaird identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Beaird getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,201 in 2010, down 0.9%.