How common is the surname Beecher?

5,755 people in the United States had the surname Beecher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,648 Americans. It ranked 5,978th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beecher?

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and author (1811–1896), followed by Henry Ward Beecher.

Where is the surname Beecher most common?

Wikidata records people named Beecher in the United States.

How do you pronounce Beecher?

Beecher is /ˈbit͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Beecher getting more or less common?

More common. 5,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,755 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Beecher

A surname, carried by 5,755 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbit͡ʃɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beecher is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Two possible origins: * A variant of Beech, with the locative suffix -er. * An Americanized form of German Bücher.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,755 people named Beecher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,648 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,268.

#5,978

rank among US surnames

5,755

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,970	Iqbal	5,764	53,564
#5,971	Wilk	5,763	53,574
#5,973	Sigmon	5,760	53,602
#5,974	Capers	5,759	53,611
#5,975	Rex	5,758	53,620
#5,976	Gregoire	5,757	53,630
#5,977	Sylvia	5,756	53,639

Who is named Beecher

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

87% of people named Beecher identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beechers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harriet Beecher Stowe
American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
Henry Ward Beecher
American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)
Lyman Beecher
American Presbyterian minister and American Temperance Society co-founder (1775–1863)
Janet Beecher
American actress (1884-1955)
Charles Emerson Beecher
American paleontologist (1856–1904)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beecher

Beecher has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Questions

Where does the surname Beecher come from?: Two possible origins: * A variant of Beech, with the locative suffix -er. * An Americanized form of German Bücher.
How common is the surname Beecher?: 5,755 people in the United States had the surname Beecher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,648 Americans. It ranked 5,978th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beecher?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Beecher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beecher?: Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and author (1811–1896), followed by Henry Ward Beecher.
Where is the surname Beecher most common?: Wikidata records people named Beecher in the United States.
How do you pronounce Beecher?: Beecher is /ˈbit͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Beecher getting more or less common?: More common. 5,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,755 in 2010, up 9.2%.