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    The surname Beasley

    A surname, carried by 47,693 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B240

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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). Beasley is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Beesley.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 47,693 people named Beasley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,474 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,179.

    #732
    rank among US surnames
    47,693
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #679)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #723Montes48,1426,413
    #724Mata48,1206,416
    #725Rosario48,0516,425
    #726Vang48,0366,427
    #727Walter48,0246,429
    #728Henson48,0136,430
    #729O'Neal47,9796,435

    Who is named Beasley

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

    67% of people named Beasley identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beasleys

    13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • DaMarcus Beasley
      American soccer player, born 1982
    • Michael Beasley
      American basketball player (born 1989)
    • Malik Beasley
      American basketball player (born 1996)
    • David Beasley
      American politician, UN official and 113th Governor of South Carolina
    • Allyce Beasley
      American actress, born 1954
    • John Beasley
      American actor (1943–2023)
    • Maria Beasley
      American entrepreneur and inventor, 1836–1913
    • Charlie Beasley
      American basketball player, 1945–2015
    • Jerome Beasley
      American basketball player (born 1980)
    • Cheri Beasley
      American judge, Senate candidate (2022)
    • John Beasley
      American basketball player (1944–2022)
    • Cole Beasley
      American football player (born 1989)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beasley

    Beasley has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beasley come from?
    Variant of Beesley.
    How common is the surname Beasley?
    47,693 people in the United States had the surname Beasley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,474 Americans. It ranked 732nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beasley?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Beasley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beasley?
    DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player, followed by Michael Beasley.
    Where is the surname Beasley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beasley in the United States.
    Is the surname Beasley getting more or less common?
    More common. 46,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 47,693 in 2010, up 3.3%.