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    The surname Been

    A surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Been is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,090 people named Been in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,131.

    #23,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,090
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,526)

    Who is named Been

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

    80% of people named Been identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Been

    Been has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Been?
    1,090 people in the United States had the surname Been in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Been?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Been identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Been getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, down 3.6%.