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    The surname Beyene

    A surname, carried by 1,131 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Beyene: #22,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Beyene #22,673, 1,131 people Beyene: #22,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Beyene #22,673, 1,131 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beyene is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,131 people named Beyene in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. That is up 121% since 2000, when the Census counted 513.

    #22,673
    rank among US surnames
    1,131
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +120.5%
    change since 2000 (was #40,203)

    Who is named Beyene

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

    96% of people named Beyene identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Beyene

    Beyene has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Beyene?
    1,131 people in the United States had the surname Beyene in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Beyene?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Beyene identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Beyene getting more or less common?
    More common. 513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, up 121%.