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    The surname Begaye

    A surname, carried by 1,540 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B200

    Begaye: #18,090 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Begaye #18,090, 1,540 people Begaye: #18,090 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Begaye #18,090, 1,540 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Begaye is more common than 88.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,540 people named Begaye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,287.

    #18,090
    rank among US surnames
    1,540
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,436)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,089Frasca1,541200,354
    #18,090Zeh1,540200,484
    #18,098Quayle1,539200,614

    Who is named Begaye

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

    96% of people named Begaye identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • American Indian and Alaska Native 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Begaye

    Begaye 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 Begaye?
    1,540 people in the United States had the surname Begaye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Begaye?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Begaye identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Begaye getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, up 20%.