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    The surname Beckett

    A surname, carried by 11,763 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɛkɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex B230

    Beckett: #3,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Beckett #3,045, 11,763 people Beckett: #3,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beckett #3,045, 11,763 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckett is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,763 people named Beckett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,247 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,334.

    #3,045
    rank among US surnames
    11,763
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,036Tomlin11,79726,172
    #3,037Cardwell11,79126,185
    #3,038Milam11,78726,194
    #3,039Bowie11,78626,196
    #3,040Halverson11,78126,207
    #3,041Speer11,77026,232
    #3,042Amaro11,76926,234

    Who is named Beckett

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

    77% of people named Beckett identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Becketts

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1985
    • 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, 1839–1904

    Notable Becketts come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beckett

    Beckett has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beckett?
    11,763 people in the United States had the surname Beckett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,247 Americans. It ranked 3,045th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beckett?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Beckett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beckett?
    Wendy Beckett, British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (193, followed by Scotty Beckett.
    Where is the surname Beckett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beckett in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Beckett?
    Beckett is /ˈbɛkɪt/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Beckett getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,763 in 2010, up 3.8%.