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    The surname Beams

    A surname, carried by 1,653 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B520

    Beams: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beams #17,142, 1,653 people Beams: #17,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beams #17,142, 1,653 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beams is more common than 89.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,653 people named Beams in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,527.

    #17,142
    rank among US surnames
    1,653
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,135Godby1,654186,666
    #17,142Ally1,653186,779
    #17,151Endo1,652186,892

    Who is named Beams

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

    86% of people named Beams identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beamss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jesse Beams
      American physicist (1898–1977)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beams

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beams?
    1,653 people in the United States had the surname Beams in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,779 Americans. It ranked 17,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beams?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Beams identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beams?
    Jesse Beams, American physicist (1898–1977).
    Where is the surname Beams most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beams in the United States.
    Is the surname Beams getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,653 in 2010, up 8.3%.