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    The surname Beekman

    A surname, carried by 2,362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B255

    Beekman: #12,999 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beekman #12,999, 2,362 people Beekman: #12,999 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beekman #12,999, 2,362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beekman is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,362 people named Beekman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,714 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,067.

    #12,999
    rank among US surnames
    2,362
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,494)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,994Beringer2,363130,658
    #12,999Diggins2,362130,714
    #13,002Jellison2,361130,769
    #13,007Urrea2,360130,824

    Who is named Beekman

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

    95% of people named Beekman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beekman

    Beekman has the Soundex code B255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beekman?
    2,362 people in the United States had the surname Beekman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,714 Americans. It ranked 12,999th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beekman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Beekman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Beekman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,067 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,362 in 2010, up 14%.