How common is the surname Beeman?

6,578 people in the United States had the surname Beeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. It ranked 5,295th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Beeman?

Greg Beeman, American film and television director and producer, followed by Ellen Beeman.

Where is the surname Beeman most common?

Wikidata records people named Beeman in the United States.

Is the surname Beeman getting more or less common?

More common. 6,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,578 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Beeman

An occupational surname, carried by 6,578 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beeman is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.

Beeman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,578 people named Beeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,322.

#5,295

rank among US surnames

6,578

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #5,094)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,288	Brodie	6,585	46,886
#5,289	Mallard	6,583	46,900
#5,293	Koster	6,580	46,922
#5,295	Beeman	6,578	46,936
#5,297	Wasserman	6,577	46,943
#5,300	Silverstein	6,576	46,950

Who is named Beeman

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

90% of people named Beeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beemans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Greg Beeman
American film and television director and producer, born 1962
Ellen Beeman
American author and computer game designer

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Beman

Surnames that sound like Beeman

Beeman has the Soundex code B550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B550.

Questions

Where does the surname Beeman come from?: From beeman, an occupational surname for a beekeeper.
How common is the surname Beeman?: 6,578 people in the United States had the surname Beeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. It ranked 5,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beeman?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Beeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Beeman?: Greg Beeman, American film and television director and producer, followed by Ellen Beeman.
Where is the surname Beeman most common?: Wikidata records people named Beeman in the United States.
What type of surname is Beeman?: Beeman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Beeman getting more or less common?: More common. 6,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,578 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Beeman?: Beman.