# Beckwith (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/beckwith/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English of Old English origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,876 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,020 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,997 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (11,703 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English bēċe ("beech") + Old Norse viðr (“wood”) 'Beechwood'

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beckwith in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beckwith in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Beckwith

- James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (1852-1917)
- Christopher I. Beckwith, American linguist
- Reginald Beckwith, British actor (1908–1965)

## Similar surnames

Beckett, Becht, Best, Bassett, Baggett, Bost, Bessette, Bhakta, Bousquet, Bast, Bissett, Bookout.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.