How common is the surname Beal?

20,752 people in the United States had the surname Beal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,878 Americans. It ranked 1,726th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beal?

Bradley Beal, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by William James Beal.

Where is the surname Beal most common?

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

Is the surname Beal getting more or less common?

More common. 19,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,752 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Beal

A Norman surname, carried by 20,752 people in the United States.

Pronounced /biːl/ 1 syllable Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beal is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,752 people named Beal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,878 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,922.

#1,726

rank among US surnames

20,752

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,648)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,717	Henley	20,934	14,749
#1,718	Dick	20,923	14,756
#1,719	Voss	20,911	14,765
#1,720	Greenberg	20,897	14,775
#1,721	Finn	20,852	14,807
#1,722	Venegas	20,851	14,807
#1,723	McNeal	20,778	14,859

Who is named Beal

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

77% of people named Beal identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beals

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1952
Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall, born 1963
Frances M. Beal
Black feminist and a peace and justice political activist, born 1940
Gifford Beal
American artist (1879-1956)
Jermaine Beal
American basketball player (born 1987)
Lorna Larter
Australian cricketer (1923-2020)

Notable Beals come mostly from the United States (10) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beall

Surnames that sound like Beal

Beal has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beal come from?: Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).
How common is the surname Beal?: 20,752 people in the United States had the surname Beal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,878 Americans. It ranked 1,726th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beal?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Beal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beal?: Bradley Beal, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by William James Beal.
Where is the surname Beal most common?: Wikidata records people named Beal in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Beal?: Beal is /biːl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Beal getting more or less common?: More common. 19,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,752 in 2010, up 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Beal?: Beall.