How common is the surname Beck?

93,786 people in the United States had the surname Beck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,292 Americans. It ranked 328th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beck?

Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist, followed by Glenn Beck.

Where is the surname Beck most common?

Wikidata records people named Beck in the United States, Australia and Austria and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Beck getting more or less common?

More common. 93,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 93,786 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Beck

An occupational surname, carried by 93,786 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beck is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

* 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”).

Beck is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 93,786 people named Beck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,292 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 93,161.

#328

rank among US surnames

93,786

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #295)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#319	Wade	97,040	3,182
#320	Molina	96,979	3,184
#321	Stanley	96,867	3,187
#322	Hopkins	96,810	3,189
#323	Campos	96,111	3,212
#324	Barnett	95,681	3,227
#325	Bates	95,622	3,229

Who is named Beck

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

90% of people named Beck identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Becks

36 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Beck
American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist, 1921–2021
Glenn Beck
American conservative political commentator, born 1964
Kent Beck
American software engineer, born 1961
Julian Beck
American actor, director and writer (1925–1985)
Michael Beck
American actor, born 1949
Kimberly Beck
American actress, born 1956
Robin Beck
American singer, born 1954
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)

Notable Becks come mostly from the United States (29), Australia (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Beck

Beck has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

Where does the surname Beck come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Beck?: 93,786 people in the United States had the surname Beck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,292 Americans. It ranked 328th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beck?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Beck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beck?: Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist, researcher, therapist, followed by Glenn Beck.
Where is the surname Beck most common?: Wikidata records people named Beck in the United States, Australia and Austria and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Beck?: Beck is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Beck getting more or less common?: More common. 93,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 93,786 in 2010, up 0.7%.