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    The surname Beckles

    A surname, carried by 1,658 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B242

    Beckles: #17,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beckles #17,111, 1,658 people Beckles: #17,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beckles #17,111, 1,658 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckles is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname. derived from the name of the Suffolk town Beccles

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,658 people named Beckles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,216 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

    #17,111
    rank among US surnames
    1,658
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,599)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,104Prioleau1,659186,103
    #17,111Ulm1,658186,216
    #17,120Hamad1,657186,328

    Who is named Beckles

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

    81% of people named Beckles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beckles

    Beckles has the Soundex code B242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B242.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beckles?
    1,658 people in the United States had the surname Beckles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,216 Americans. It ranked 17,111th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beckles?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Beckles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Beckles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,658 in 2010, up 30%.