# Beeman (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,578 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,295 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,936 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (6,322 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Beman |

## Etymology

From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beeman 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Beeman in the United States.

## People named Beeman

- Greg Beeman, American film and television director and producer
- Ellen Beeman, American author and computer game designer

## Similar surnames

Beaman, Beamon, Boman, Bowman, Bauman, Bynum, Baumann, Bohannon, Bonham, Bannon, Benham, Bonin.

## 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.