# Beckett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beckett/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,763 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,045 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,247 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (11,334 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛkɪt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beckett 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beckett in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Beckett

- Wendy Beckett, British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (193
- Scotty Beckett, actor (1929-1968)
- William Beckett, American musician
- Clarice Beckett, Australian artist (1887-1935)
- Barry Beckett, American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder (1943–2009)
- Harry Beckett, Barbadian musician (1935–2010)
- Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, British architect (1816–1905)
- Maria a'Becket, American painter

## Similar surnames

Bickett, Bequette, Beckwith, Bessette, Baskett, Becht, Best, Bassett, Baggett, Bost, Bhakta, Bousquet.

## 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.