# Beck (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 93,786 |
| US rank (2010) | 328 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,292 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (93,161 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”). * As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beck 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beck in the United States, Australia, Austria, Cisleithania, Nazi Germany and the United Kingdom.

## People named Beck

- Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist
- Glenn Beck, American conservative political commentator
- Kent Beck, American software engineer
- Julian Beck, American actor, director and writer (1925–1985)
- Michael Beck, American actor
- Kimberly Beck, American actress
- Robin Beck, American singer
- Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Austrian botanist (1856-1931)
- Byron Beck, American basketball player (born 1945)
- Ernie Beck, American basketball player (born 1931)
- John Beck, American actor (born 1943)
- Lew Beck, American basketball player (1922–1970)

and 24 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Buck, Bock, Back, Baek, Bick, Boeck, Beach, Beech, Beeks, Besch, Bewick, Bush.

## 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.