How common is the surname Beardsley?

6,950 people in the United States had the surname Beardsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,424 Americans. It ranked 5,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beardsley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Beardsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beardsley?

Monroe Beardsley, American philosopher, followed by William S. Beardsley.

Where is the surname Beardsley most common?

Wikidata records people named Beardsley in the United States.

Is the surname Beardsley getting more or less common?

More common. 6,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,950 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Beardsley

A surname, carried by 6,950 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beardsley is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,950 people named Beardsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,424 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,689.

#5,048

rank among US surnames

6,950

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,818)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,045	Real	6,959	44,366
#5,046	Yeh	6,958	44,373
#5,047	Beeson	6,952	44,411
#5,048	Beardsley	6,950	44,424
#5,049	Woolsey	6,949	44,430

Who is named Beardsley

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

94% of people named Beardsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beardsleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Monroe Beardsley
American philosopher, 1915–1985
William S. Beardsley
American politician (1901-1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beardsley

Beardsley has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Beardsley?: 6,950 people in the United States had the surname Beardsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,424 Americans. It ranked 5,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beardsley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Beardsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beardsley?: Monroe Beardsley, American philosopher, followed by William S. Beardsley.
Where is the surname Beardsley most common?: Wikidata records people named Beardsley in the United States.
Is the surname Beardsley getting more or less common?: More common. 6,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,950 in 2010, up 3.9%.