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    The surname Beckman

    A German surname, carried by 15,045 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B255

    Beckman: #2,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Beckman #2,412, 15,045 people Beckman: #2,412 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beckman #2,412, 15,045 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckman is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Beckmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,045 people named Beckman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,521 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,164.

    #2,412
    rank among US surnames
    15,045
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,199)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,403Briones15,09820,449
    #2,404Conn15,08920,462
    #2,406Armenta15,07820,477
    #2,407Dobbins15,07620,479
    #2,408Chester15,06620,493
    #2,409Banda15,05520,508
    #2,411Mattingly15,05020,515

    Who is named Beckman

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

    94% of people named Beckman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beckmans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arnold Beckman
      American chemist (1900–2004)
    • Candice Michelle
      American model, actress and professional wrestler, born 1978
    • Libby Schaaf
      American politician, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beckman

    Beckman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Beckman come from?
    From German Beckmann.
    How common is the surname Beckman?
    15,045 people in the United States had the surname Beckman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,521 Americans. It ranked 2,412th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beckman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Beckman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Beckman?
    Arnold Beckman, American chemist (1900–2004), followed by Candice Michelle.
    Where is the surname Beckman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beckman in the United States.
    Is the surname Beckman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 15,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,045 in 2010, down 0.8%.