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    The surname Beam

    A surname, carried by 13,972 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Beam: #2,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Beam #2,584, 13,972 people Beam: #2,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beam #2,584, 13,972 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beam is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,972 people named Beam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,097 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,230.

    #2,584
    rank among US surnames
    13,972
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,575Estep14,03721,995
    #2,576Arndt14,03122,005
    #2,577Satterfield14,02322,017
    #2,578Early14,01422,031
    #2,579Moua14,01322,033
    #2,580Heck13,99522,061
    #2,581Fairchild13,99322,064

    Who is named Beam

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

    93% of people named Beam identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Louis Beam
      American white nationalist, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beam

    Beam has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beam?
    13,972 people in the United States had the surname Beam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,097 Americans. It ranked 2,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beam?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beam?
    Louis Beam, American white nationalist.
    Where is the surname Beam most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beam in the United States.
    Is the surname Beam getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,972 in 2010, up 5.6%.