How common is the surname Beaumont?

4,878 people in the United States had the surname Beaumont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,293 Americans. It ranked 6,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beaumont?

Kathryn Beaumont, British actress, followed by Harry Beaumont.

Where is the surname Beaumont most common?

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

How do you pronounce Beaumont?

Beaumont is /ˈboʊ.mɑnt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Beaumont getting more or less common?

More common. 4,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,878 in 2010, up 5.5%.

Is Beaumont also a first name?

Yes. Beaumont is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Beaumont

A Norman place surname, carried by 4,878 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈboʊ.mɑnt/ 2 syllables Soundex B553 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beaumont is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

Inherited from Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from beau (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain”). Cognate with French Beaumont. Doublet of Belmont.

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,878 people named Beaumont in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,293 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,624.

#6,888

rank among US surnames

4,878

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,726)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,880	Im	4,887	63,177
#6,881	Shetler	4,886	63,190
#6,882	Peckham	4,885	63,203
#6,884	Harrold	4,884	63,216
#6,885	Ronquillo	4,881	63,255
#6,886	Carley	4,880	63,268
#6,887	Sattler	4,879	63,280

Who is named Beaumont

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

86% of people named Beaumont identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beaumonts

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Beaumont
British actress, born 1937
Harry Beaumont
American film director, actor, and screenwriter (1888-1966)
Hugh Beaumont
American actor (1909–1982)
William Beaumont
American physician (1785-1853)
Charles Beaumont
American writer (1929-1967)
Charlotte Beaumont
British actor, born 1995
Michael Beaumont, 22nd Lord of Sark
22nd seigneur of Sark (1927–2016)
Roger de Beaumont
Anglo-Norman companion of William the Conqueror, 1015–1094
Lucy Beaumont
British actress (1869-1937)
Victor Beaumont
Actor (1912–1977)
Natasha Beaumont
Australian actress, born 1974
Muriel Beaumont
British actress (1876-1957)

Notable Beaumonts come mostly from the United Kingdom (6), the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Beaumont

Bement

Beaumont has the Soundex code B553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B553.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beaumont come from?: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from beau (“beautiful”) + mont (“mountain”). Cognate with French Beaumont. Doublet of Belmont.
How common is the surname Beaumont?: 4,878 people in the United States had the surname Beaumont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,293 Americans. It ranked 6,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beaumont?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Beaumont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beaumont?: Kathryn Beaumont, British actress, followed by Harry Beaumont.
Where is the surname Beaumont most common?: Wikidata records people named Beaumont in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Beaumont?: Beaumont is /ˈboʊ.mɑnt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Beaumont?: Beaumont is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Beaumont getting more or less common?: More common. 4,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,878 in 2010, up 5.5%.
Is Beaumont also a first name?: Yes. Beaumont is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.