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    The surname Beals

    A surname, carried by 7,020 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B420

    Beals: #5,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beals #5,007, 7,020 people Beals: #5,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beals #5,007, 7,020 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beals is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,020 people named Beals in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,981 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,759.

    #5,007
    rank among US surnames
    7,020
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,778)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,998Kingston7,03343,900
    #5,000Hartwell7,03243,906
    #5,001Lora7,03043,918
    #5,002Spitzer7,02743,937
    #5,003Penaloza7,02643,943
    #5,004Veliz7,02443,956
    #5,005Glaze7,02243,968

    Who is named Beals

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

    85% of people named Beals identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bealss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jennifer Beals
      African-American actress (born 1963)
    • Jessie Tarbox Beals
      American photographer (1870–1942)
    • Melba Pattillo Beals
      American journalist and educator, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beals

    Beals has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beals?
    7,020 people in the United States had the surname Beals in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,981 Americans. It ranked 5,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beals?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Beals identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beals?
    Jennifer Beals, African-American actress (born 1963), followed by Jessie Tarbox Beals.
    Where is the surname Beals most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beals in the United States.
    Is the surname Beals getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,020 in 2010, up 3.9%.