How common is the surname Bean?

37,571 people in the United States had the surname Bean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,218 Americans. It ranked 926th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bean?

Sean Bean, British actor (born 1959), followed by Alan Bean.

Where is the surname Bean most common?

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

Is the surname Bean getting more or less common?

More common. 37,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,571 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Bean

An occupational surname, carried by 37,571 people in the United States.

Pronounced /biːn/ 1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bean is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

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

Bean is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 37,571 people named Bean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,218 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,145.

#926

rank among US surnames

37,571

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #846)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#917	Haley	37,858	8,155
#918	Phan	37,836	8,160
#919	Villalobos	37,754	8,178
#920	Blanchard	37,695	8,191
#921	Horne	37,689	8,192
#922	Finley	37,672	8,196
#923	Quintana	37,657	8,199

Who is named Bean

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

81% of people named Bean identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beans

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Bean
British actor (born 1959)
Alan Bean
American astronaut and painter (1932-2018)
Orson Bean
American actor (1928–2020)
Noah Bean
American actor, born 1978
Roy Bean
American judge (1825–1903)
William Jackson Bean
British botanist (1863-1947)
Melissa Bean
American politician, born 1962
Andy Bean
Actor, born 1984
Tarleton Hoffman Bean
American ichthyologist (1846-1916)
Henry Bean
American film director, actor, born 1945
Billy Bean
American baseball player (1964–2024)
Aaron Bean
American politician, born 1967

Notable Beans come mostly from the United States (11) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bean

Bean has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

Questions

Where does the surname Bean come from?: Probably an occupational surname for a bean farmer, from bean.
How common is the surname Bean?: 37,571 people in the United States had the surname Bean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,218 Americans. It ranked 926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bean?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Bean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bean?: Sean Bean, British actor (born 1959), followed by Alan Bean.
Where is the surname Bean most common?: Wikidata records people named Bean in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Bean?: Bean is /biːn/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Bean?: Bean is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bean getting more or less common?: More common. 37,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,571 in 2010, up 1.1%.