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    The surname Beard

    A nickname surname, carried by 48,207 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beard is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    Originally a nickname for someone with a beard.

    Beard is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,207 people named Beard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,405 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 47,128.

    #721
    rank among US surnames
    48,207
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #660)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #712Berg48,7466,334
    #713Wiley48,7206,337
    #714Gilmore48,7196,337
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368

    Who is named Beard

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

    75% of people named Beard identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beards

    23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles A. Beard
      American historian (1874-1948)
    • Frank Beard
      American drummer (1949–2026)
    • Mary Ritter Beard
      American historian and women's suffrage activist (1876–1958)
    • Amanda Beard
      American swimmer, born 1981
    • Ralph Beard
      American basketball player (1927–2007)
    • Peter Beard
      American photographer and writer (1938–2020)
    • Tanoka Beard
      American basketball player (born 1971)
    • Jessica Beard
      American sprinter, born 1989
    • Stymie Beard
      American actor (1925-1981)
    • Alana Beard
      American basketball player (born 1982)
    • James Beard
      American chef (1903–1985)
    • Betsy Beard
      American coxswain, born 1961

    Notable Beards come mostly from the United States (22) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Beard

    Beard has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beard come from?
    Originally a nickname for someone with a beard.
    How common is the surname Beard?
    48,207 people in the United States had the surname Beard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,405 Americans. It ranked 721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beard?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Beard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beard?
    Charles A. Beard, American historian (1874-1948), followed by Frank Beard.
    Where is the surname Beard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beard in the United States and Australia.
    What type of surname is Beard?
    Beard is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Beard getting more or less common?
    More common. 47,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,207 in 2010, up 2.3%.