The surname Beg
A Hindi surname, carried by 621 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B200
Origin
Hindi origin
Various origins: * As an Islamic (Indian subcontinent as Hindi बेग (beg)) and sometimes Serbo-Croatian surname, from the Turkish title beg, an older form of bey. See Bey; also compare Baig. * Borrowed from Slovene Beg, from beg (“escape, getaway”).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 621 people named Beg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 497,175 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 499.
Who is named Beg
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Beg identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 72%
- White (not Hispanic) 18%
- Two or more races 5.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Beg has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Beg come from?
- Various origins: * As an Islamic (Indian subcontinent as Hindi बेग (beg)) and sometimes Serbo-Croatian surname, from the Turkish title beg, an older form of bey. See Bey; also compare Baig. * Borrowed from Slovene Beg, from beg (“escape, getaway”).
- How common is the surname Beg?
- 621 people in the United States had the surname Beg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 497,175 Americans. It ranked 36,099th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Beg?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Beg identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Beg getting more or less common?
- More common. 499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 621 in 2010, up 24%.