How common is the surname Beene?

3,581 people in the United States had the surname Beene in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,218 Americans. It ranked 9,119th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Beene getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,581 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Beene

A surname, carried by 3,581 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beene is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,581 people named Beene in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,218 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,600.

#9,119

rank among US surnames

3,581

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,114	Sankey	3,584	86,146
#9,117	Privett	3,583	86,170
#9,118	Berard	3,582	86,194
#9,119	Beene	3,581	86,218
#9,122	McAdoo	3,580	86,242

Who is named Beene

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

73% of people named Beene identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beene

Beene 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 Beene?: 3,581 people in the United States had the surname Beene in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,218 Americans. It ranked 9,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beene?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Beene identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Beene getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,600 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,581 in 2010, down 0.5%.