How common is the surname Beamer?

3,981 people in the United States had the surname Beamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Beamer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Beamer

A surname, carried by 3,981 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beamer is more common than 94.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,981 people named Beamer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,569.

#8,323

rank among US surnames

3,981

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+11.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496
#8,320	Michalak	3,983	77,516
#8,322	Kantor	3,982	77,535
#8,323	Fleischer	3,981	77,555
#8,328	Bowker	3,980	77,574
#8,330	Sawicki	3,977	77,633

Who is named Beamer

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

87% of people named Beamer identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beamer

Beamer has the Soundex code B560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B560.

Questions

How common is the surname Beamer?: 3,981 people in the United States had the surname Beamer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,555 Americans. It ranked 8,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beamer?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Beamer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Beamer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,981 in 2010, up 12%.