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    The surname Beamon

    A surname, carried by 4,485 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B550

    Beamon: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beamon #7,426, 4,485 people Beamon: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beamon #7,426, 4,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beamon is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,485 people named Beamon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,125.

    #7,426
    rank among US surnames
    4,485
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #7,440)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,418Breslin4,49068,763
    #7,420DiGiovanni4,48768,809
    #7,421Tower4,48668,824
    #7,426Nealy4,48568,840
    #7,429Kiger4,48468,855
    #7,430Marinelli4,48368,870
    #7,431Conard4,48268,886

    Who is named Beamon

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

    65% of people named Beamon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Beamons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bob Beamon
      American track and field athlete, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beamon

    Beamon has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beamon?
    4,485 people in the United States had the surname Beamon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. It ranked 7,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beamon?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Beamon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beamon?
    Bob Beamon, American track and field athlete.
    Where is the surname Beamon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beamon in the United States.
    Is the surname Beamon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,485 in 2010, up 8.7%.