# Beal (surname)

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

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,752 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,726 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,878 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (19,922 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /biːl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Beall |

## Etymology

Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beal 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beal in the United States and Australia.

## People named Beal

- Bradley Beal, American basketball player (born 1993)
- William James Beal, American botanist (1833-1924)
- John Beal, American actor (1909-1997)
- Frank Beal, actor, film director (1862-1934)
- Scott Beal, American actor and director (1890-1973)
- Andrew Beal, American banker, businessman, investor, and amateur mathematician
- Jeff Beal, American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
- Frances M. Beal, black feminist and a peace and justice political activist
- Gifford Beal, American artist (1879-1956)
- Jermaine Beal, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Lorna Larter, Australian cricketer (1923-2020)

## Similar surnames

Bell, Ball, Beil, Bello, Bail, Beaulieu, Beall, Beale, Belle, Bella, Belew, Bale.

## 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.