# Beamish (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beamish/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 843 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,333 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 366,246 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (791 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaumais, in Normandy. The village in County Durham shares the same etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beamish in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beamish in the United Kingdom.

## People named Beamish

- Sally Beamish, British composer and violist (born 1956)

## Similar surnames

Bemis, Beams, Benish, Beans, Banks, Bunch, Bianco, Bowens, Bianchi, Baines, Behnke, Benz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.