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    The surname Bearden

    A surname, carried by 13,499 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B635

    Bearden: #2,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bearden #2,670, 13,499 people Bearden: #2,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bearden #2,670, 13,499 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bearden is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,499 people named Bearden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,872 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,051.

    #2,670
    rank among US surnames
    13,499
    people in 2010
    4.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,543)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,661Rector13,55922,771
    #2,662Loyd13,54722,791
    #2,663Solorio13,53722,808
    #2,664Garvin13,53622,809
    #2,665Jaime13,53222,816
    #2,666Stamper13,52822,823
    #2,667Edmondson13,52422,829

    Who is named Bearden

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

    89% of people named Bearden identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beardens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Romare Bearden
      African American artist (1911–1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bearden

    Bearden has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bearden?
    13,499 people in the United States had the surname Bearden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,872 Americans. It ranked 2,670th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bearden?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Bearden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bearden?
    Romare Bearden, African American artist (1911–1988).
    Where is the surname Bearden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bearden in the United States.
    Is the surname Bearden getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,499 in 2010, up 3.4%.