How common is the surname Beall?

9,202 people in the United States had the surname Beall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beall?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Beall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beall?

Jeffrey Beall, American librarian, followed by J. Glenn Beall Jr..

Where is the surname Beall most common?

Wikidata records people named Beall in the United States.

Is the surname Beall getting more or less common?

More common. 9,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Beall

A surname, carried by 9,202 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). Beall is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Beal.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,202 people named Beall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,011.

#3,847

rank among US surnames

9,202

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,622)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,838	Javier	9,226	33,465
#3,839	Demers	9,225	33,468
#3,840	Biddle	9,219	33,490
#3,841	Brill	9,215	33,505
#3,843	Shay	9,212	33,516
#3,844	Farrington	9,211	33,519
#3,846	Coble	9,204	33,545

Who is named Beall

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

90% of people named Beall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bealls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeffrey Beall
American librarian, born 2000
J. Glenn Beall Jr.
American politician (1927-2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beall

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

Questions

Where does the surname Beall come from?: Variant of Beal.
How common is the surname Beall?: 9,202 people in the United States had the surname Beall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beall?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Beall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beall?: Jeffrey Beall, American librarian, followed by J. Glenn Beall Jr..
Where is the surname Beall most common?: Wikidata records people named Beall in the United States.
Is the surname Beall getting more or less common?: More common. 9,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, up 2.1%.