How common is the surname Beckley?

5,429 people in the United States had the surname Beckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. It ranked 6,291st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beckley?

Gerry Beckley, American musician, followed by Jake Beckley.

Where is the surname Beckley most common?

Wikidata records people named Beckley in the United States.

Is the surname Beckley getting more or less common?

More common. 5,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,429 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Beckley

An English surname, carried by 5,429 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckley is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

"Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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 5,429 people named Beckley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,247.

#6,291

rank among US surnames

5,429

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,286	Markey	5,435	56,807
#6,288	Mader	5,434	56,817
#6,290	Plata	5,432	56,838
#6,291	Ridgway	5,429	56,870

Who is named Beckley

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

80% of people named Beckley identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beckleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gerry Beckley
American musician, born 1952
Jake Beckley
American baseball player (1867–1918)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beckly

Surnames that sound like Beckley

Beckley has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beckley come from?: "Becca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name Becca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
How common is the surname Beckley?: 5,429 people in the United States had the surname Beckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. It ranked 6,291st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beckley?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Beckley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beckley?: Gerry Beckley, American musician, followed by Jake Beckley.
Where is the surname Beckley most common?: Wikidata records people named Beckley in the United States.
Is the surname Beckley getting more or less common?: More common. 5,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,429 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Beckley?: Beckly.