How common is the surname Beale?

7,431 people in the United States had the surname Beale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,548 Americans. It ranked 4,764th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beale?

Simon Russell Beale, British actor and music historian, followed by Vox Day.

Where is the surname Beale most common?

Wikidata records people named Beale in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Beale getting more or less common?

More common. 7,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,431 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Beale

A surname, carried by 7,431 people in the United States.

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). Beale is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,431 people named Beale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,548 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,247.

#4,764

rank among US surnames

7,431

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,759	Toussaint	7,441	41,492
#4,761	Stegall	7,439	41,504
#4,763	Wallen	7,436	41,520
#4,764	Beale	7,431	41,548

Who is named Beale

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

71% of people named Beale identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beales

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Simon Russell Beale
British actor and music historian, born 1961
Vox Day
American writer, publisher, and activist, born 1968

Notable Beales come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beale

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

Questions

How common is the surname Beale?: 7,431 people in the United States had the surname Beale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,548 Americans. It ranked 4,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beale?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Beale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beale?: Simon Russell Beale, British actor and music historian, followed by Vox Day.
Where is the surname Beale most common?: Wikidata records people named Beale in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Beale getting more or less common?: More common. 7,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,431 in 2010, up 2.5%.