How common is the surname Beebe?

14,847 people in the United States had the surname Beebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,795 Americans. It ranked 2,441st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beebe?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beebe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beebe?

William Beebe, American naturalist and explorer (1877–1962), followed by Dion Beebe.

Where is the surname Beebe most common?

Wikidata records people named Beebe in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Beebe getting more or less common?

More common. 14,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,847 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Beebe

A surname, carried by 14,847 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beebe is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Beeby.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,847 people named Beebe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,795 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,813.

#2,441

rank among US surnames

14,847

people in 2010

5.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,256)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,432	Tejada	14,903	20,717
#2,433	Irving	14,896	20,727
#2,434	Farrar	14,892	20,732
#2,435	Power	14,890	20,735
#2,436	Dent	14,873	20,759
#2,438	Douglass	14,862	20,774
#2,439	Lundy	14,850	20,791

Who is named Beebe

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

93% of people named Beebe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beebes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Beebe
American naturalist and explorer (1877–1962)
Dion Beebe
Australian cinematographer, born 1968
Ford Beebe
American screenwriter, film director (1888–1978)
Blair Niles
American writer, explorer and photographer (1880-1959)

Notable Beebes come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beebe

Bebee

Beebe has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

Questions

Where does the surname Beebe come from?: Variant of Beeby.
How common is the surname Beebe?: 14,847 people in the United States had the surname Beebe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,795 Americans. It ranked 2,441st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beebe?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beebe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beebe?: William Beebe, American naturalist and explorer (1877–1962), followed by Dion Beebe.
Where is the surname Beebe most common?: Wikidata records people named Beebe in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Beebe getting more or less common?: More common. 14,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,847 in 2010, up 0.2%.