# Beauchamp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beauchamp/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,865 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,023 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (11,165 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbiːt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Bea(u)cham(p), from Old French Beauchamp, from beau (“fine, beautiful”) + champ (“field”). Compare Goodfield.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beauchamp in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beauchamp in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Beauchamp

- Michael Beauchamp, Australian association football player
- George Beauchamp, American inventor (1899-1941)
- Clem Beauchamp, American actor and director (1898–1992)
- Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
- Jereboam Orville Beauchamp, American executed murderer (1802–1826)
- Kay Beauchamp, British activist (1899-1992)
- Joan Beauchamp, British communist
- Elizabeth von Arnim, British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.