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    The surname Beamish

    A Norman place surname, carried by 843 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B520

    Beamish: #28,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Beamish #28,333, 843 people Beamish: #28,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Beamish #28,333, 843 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beamish is more common than 82.5% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

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

    Beamish is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 843 people named Beamish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 366,246 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 791.

    #28,333
    rank among US surnames
    843
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #28,407)

    Who is named Beamish

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

    92% of people named Beamish identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beamishs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sally Beamish
      British composer and violist (born 1956)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beamish

    Beamish has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beamish come from?
    Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaumais, in Normandy. The village in County Durham shares the same etymology.
    How common is the surname Beamish?
    843 people in the United States had the surname Beamish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 366,246 Americans. It ranked 28,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beamish?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Beamish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Beamish?
    Sally Beamish, British composer and violist (born 1956).
    Where is the surname Beamish most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beamish in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Beamish?
    Beamish is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Beamish getting more or less common?
    More common. 791 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 843 in 2010, up 6.6%.