# Bean (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,571 |
| US rank (2010) | 926 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (37,145 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /biːn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably an occupational surname for a bean farmer, from bean.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bean 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bean in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bean

- Sean Bean, British actor (born 1959)
- Alan Bean, American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)
- Orson Bean, American actor (1928–2020)
- Noah Bean, American actor
- Roy Bean, American judge (1825–1903)
- William Jackson Bean, British botanist (1863-1947)
- Melissa Bean, American politician
- Andy Bean, actor
- Tarleton Hoffman Bean, American ichthyologist (1846-1916)
- Henry Bean, American film director, actor
- Billy Bean, American baseball player (1964–2024)
- Aaron Bean, American politician

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bain, Bane, Beane, Benn, Beene, Ben, Ban, Bien, Boan, Benny, Boen, Bahn.

## 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.