# Beech (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,160 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,955 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (3,987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beech 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beech in the United States.

## People named Beech

- Beau Beech, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Olive Ann Beech, American businesswoman
- Walter Herschel Beech, American pioneer aviator; co-founder of Beech Aircraft Company (1891-1950)
- Amy Acton, American physician and politician (born 1966)

## Similar surnames

Beach, Beachy, Beechy, Beck, Boesch, Besch, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Boggs, Baca.

## 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.