How common is the surname Beckwith?

11,876 people in the United States had the surname Beckwith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,997 Americans. It ranked 3,020th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beckwith?

James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (1852-1917), followed by Christopher I. Beckwith.

Where is the surname Beckwith most common?

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

Is the surname Beckwith getting more or less common?

More common. 11,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,876 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Beckwith

An English surname, carried by 11,876 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beckwith is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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 11,876 people named Beckwith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,997 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,703.

#3,020

rank among US surnames

11,876

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,809)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,011	New	11,903	25,938
#3,012	Fontaine	11,901	25,943
#3,014	Edgar	11,895	25,956
#3,015	Forman	11,894	25,958
#3,016	Hannon	11,893	25,960
#3,017	Reedy	11,884	25,980
#3,018	Galvin	11,882	25,984

Who is named Beckwith

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

82% of people named Beckwith identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beckwiths

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Carroll Beckwith
American painter (1852-1917)
Christopher I. Beckwith
American linguist, born 1945
Reginald Beckwith
British actor (1908–1965)

Notable Beckwiths come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beckwith

Beckwith has the Soundex code B230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B230.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Beckwith come from?: From Old English bēċe ("beech") + Old Norse viðr (“wood”) 'Beechwood'
How common is the surname Beckwith?: 11,876 people in the United States had the surname Beckwith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,997 Americans. It ranked 3,020th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beckwith?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Beckwith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beckwith?: James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (1852-1917), followed by Christopher I. Beckwith.
Where is the surname Beckwith most common?: Wikidata records people named Beckwith in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Beckwith getting more or less common?: More common. 11,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,876 in 2010, up 1.5%.