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    The surname Begay

    A surname, carried by 17,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B200

    Begay: #2,053 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Begay #2,053, 17,553 people Begay: #2,053 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Begay #2,053, 17,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Begay is more common than 98.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,553 people named Begay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,589 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,076.

    #2,053
    rank among US surnames
    17,553
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,066)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,044Corcoran17,60717,535
    #2,045Cornejo17,59117,551
    #2,046O'Malley17,58817,554
    #2,047Albrecht17,58117,561
    #2,048Mallory17,57817,564
    #2,049Cavanaugh17,57717,565
    #2,050Jaimes17,57317,569

    Who is named Begay

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

    94% of people named Begay identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • American Indian and Alaska Native 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Begay

    Begay has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Begay?
    17,553 people in the United States had the surname Begay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,589 Americans. It ranked 2,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Begay?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Begay identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Begay getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,553 in 2010, up 9.2%.