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    The surname Beech

    A surname, carried by 4,160 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Beech: #7,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beech #7,955, 4,160 people Beech: #7,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beech #7,955, 4,160 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beech is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,160 people named Beech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,218 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,987.

    #7,955
    rank among US surnames
    4,160
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,697)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,950Alleyne4,16374,164
    #7,953Papp4,16274,182
    #7,954Gagliano4,16174,200
    #7,955Beech4,16074,218
    #7,956Tarantino4,15874,253
    #7,958Nipper4,15774,271

    Who is named Beech

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

    87% of people named Beech identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Beechs

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Beau Beech
      American basketball player (born 1994)
    • Olive Ann Beech
      American businesswoman, 1904–1993
    • Walter Herschel Beech
      American pioneer aviator; co-founder of Beech Aircraft Company (1891-1950)
    • Amy Acton
      American physician and politician (born 1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beech

    Beech has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beech?
    4,160 people in the United States had the surname Beech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,218 Americans. It ranked 7,955th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beech?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Beech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Beech?
    Beau Beech, American basketball player (born 1994), followed by Olive Ann Beech.
    Where is the surname Beech most common?
    Wikidata records people named Beech in the United States.
    Is the surname Beech getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,160 in 2010, up 4.3%.