How common is the surname Beattie?

8,993 people in the United States had the surname Beattie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,332 Americans. It ranked 3,955th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beattie?

Stuart Beattie, Australian screenwriter and film director, followed by Amber Beattie.

Where is the surname Beattie most common?

Wikidata records people named Beattie in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Beattie getting more or less common?

More common. 8,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,993 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Beattie

A surname, carried by 8,993 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beattie is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,993 people named Beattie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,332 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,941.

#3,955

rank among US surnames

8,993

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,653)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,947	Goble	9,022	34,221
#3,948	Crutchfield	9,019	34,233
#3,949	Loza	9,011	34,263
#3,950	Sturgeon	9,007	34,278
#3,951	Kidwell	9,006	34,282
#3,953	Clarkson	9,004	34,290
#3,954	Mullis	9,003	34,294

Who is named Beattie

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

91% of people named Beattie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beatties

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stuart Beattie
Australian screenwriter and film director, born 1972
Amber Beattie
British actress, born 1993
Daryl Beattie
Australian motorcycle racer, born 1970
Melody Beattie
American writer (1948–2025)
Ian Beattie
British actor, born 1965

Notable Beatties come mostly from Australia (2), the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beattie

Beattie has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

Questions

How common is the surname Beattie?: 8,993 people in the United States had the surname Beattie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,332 Americans. It ranked 3,955th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beattie?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Beattie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beattie?: Stuart Beattie, Australian screenwriter and film director, followed by Amber Beattie.
Where is the surname Beattie most common?: Wikidata records people named Beattie in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Beattie getting more or less common?: More common. 8,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,993 in 2010, up 0.6%.