How common is the surname Beckham?

9,960 people in the United States had the surname Beckham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,999 Americans. It ranked 3,575th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beckham?

Odell Beckham Jr., American football player (born 1992), followed by Tim Beckham.

Where is the surname Beckham most common?

Wikidata records people named Beckham in the United States.

How do you pronounce Beckham?

Beckham is /ˈbɛkəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Beckham getting more or less common?

More common. 9,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,960 in 2010, up 8.5%.

Is Beckham also a first name?

Yes. Beckham 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 Beckham

An English surname, carried by 9,960 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɛkəm/ 2 syllables Soundex B250 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). Beckham is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English personal name Becca + hām (“homestead”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,960 people named Beckham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,999 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,178.

#3,575

rank among US surnames

9,960

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,556)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,571	Curiel	9,983	30,927
#3,573	Stine	9,979	30,940
#3,574	Catalano	9,973	30,958
#3,575	Beckham	9,960	30,999

Who is named Beckham

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

76% of people named Beckham identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beckhams

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Odell Beckham Jr.
American football player (born 1992)
Tim Beckham
American baseball player, born 1990
Gordon Beckham
American baseball player, born 1986
Nicola Peltz
American actress, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beckom

Surnames that sound like Beckham

Beckham has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beckham come from?: From Old English personal name Becca + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Beckham?: 9,960 people in the United States had the surname Beckham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,999 Americans. It ranked 3,575th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beckham?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Beckham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beckham?: Odell Beckham Jr., American football player (born 1992), followed by Tim Beckham.
Where is the surname Beckham most common?: Wikidata records people named Beckham in the United States.
How do you pronounce Beckham?: Beckham is /ˈbɛkəm/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Beckham getting more or less common?: More common. 9,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,960 in 2010, up 8.5%.
What are other spellings of Beckham?: Beckom.
Is Beckham also a first name?: Yes. Beckham 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.