The surname Begin
A surname, carried by 2,644 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B250
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,644 people named Begin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,772 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,560.
#11,839
rank among US surnames
2,644
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+3.3%
change since 2000 (was #11,327)
Who is named Begin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Begin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Begin
Begin has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.
Questions
- How common is the surname Begin?
- 2,644 people in the United States had the surname Begin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,772 Americans. It ranked 11,839th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Begin?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Begin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Begin getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,644 in 2010, up 3.3%.