# Beese (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 564 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,052 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 547,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.5% (684 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * An English or Welsh surname, perhaps a variant of Biss. * Borrowed from German Beese, from Middle Low German bēse (“reed, bulrush”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Beese 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Bess, Boese, Beas, Besse, Beeks, Beck, Bush, Bass, Buck, Baez, Beach, Boggs.

## 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.