How common is the surname Beauchamp?

11,865 people in the United States had the surname Beauchamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,022 Americans. It ranked 3,023rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beauchamp?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Beauchamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beauchamp?

Michael Beauchamp, Australian association football player, followed by George Beauchamp.

Where is the surname Beauchamp most common?

Wikidata records people named Beauchamp in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Beauchamp?

Beauchamp is /ˈbiːt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Beauchamp getting more or less common?

More common. 11,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,865 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Beauchamp

A French place surname, carried by 11,865 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃəm/ 2 syllables Soundex B251

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beauchamp is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

Beauchamp is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,865 people named Beauchamp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,022 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,165.

#3,023

rank among US surnames

11,865

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,964)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,014	Edgar	11,895	25,956
#3,015	Forman	11,894	25,958
#3,016	Hannon	11,893	25,960
#3,017	Reedy	11,884	25,980
#3,018	Galvin	11,882	25,984
#3,019	Doughty	11,880	25,989
#3,020	Fraley	11,876	25,997

Who is named Beauchamp

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

80% of people named Beauchamp identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beauchamps

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Beauchamp
Australian association football player, born 1981
George Beauchamp
American inventor (1899-1941)
Clem Beauchamp
American actor and director (1898–1992)
Thomas de Beauchamp
11th Earl of Warwick, 1313–1369
Jereboam Orville Beauchamp
American executed murderer (1802–1826)
Kay Beauchamp
British activist (1899-1992)
Joan Beauchamp
British communist, 1890–1964
Elizabeth von Arnim
British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)

Notable Beauchamps come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (1).

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beauchamp come from?: From Middle English Bea(u)cham(p), from Old French Beauchamp, from beau (“fine, beautiful”) + champ (“field”). Compare Goodfield.
How common is the surname Beauchamp?: 11,865 people in the United States had the surname Beauchamp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,022 Americans. It ranked 3,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beauchamp?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Beauchamp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beauchamp?: Michael Beauchamp, Australian association football player, followed by George Beauchamp.
Where is the surname Beauchamp most common?: Wikidata records people named Beauchamp in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Beauchamp?: Beauchamp is /ˈbiːt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Beauchamp?: Beauchamp is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Beauchamp getting more or less common?: More common. 11,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,865 in 2010, up 6.3%.