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    The surname Begun

    A Russian nickname surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B250

    Begun: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Begun #40,976, 532 people Begun: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Begun #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Begun is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Russian origin

    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Russian бегу́н (begún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community. Doublet of Biegun and Bihun, from Polish and Ukrainian respectively. * A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.

    Begun is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 24 Russian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Begun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 549.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #37,986)

    Who is named Begun

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

    58% of people named Begun identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 40%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Begun

    Begun has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

    Other Russian surnames

    All 24 Russian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Begun come from?
    Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Russian бегу́н (begún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community. Doublet of Biegun and Bihun, from Polish and Ukrainian respectively. * A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.
    How common is the surname Begun?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Begun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Begun?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Begun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Begun?
    Begun is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Begun getting more or less common?
    Less common. 549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, down 3.1%.