Beam is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beam
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Beam

How popular is Beam?

Beam is common in United States.

Beam is ranked 25576 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Beam bearers increased by 5.608466 per cent in 2010 US census to 13972 since 2000, the surname slipped by 82 spots and ranked at 2584. The last name was found in around 47 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.66 93.78
Black 3.06 3.16
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 1.14
Others 1.47 1.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.34
Beam is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 19998 people have been found who wears Beam as their family name. Beam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318 China8
46,707 New Zealand5
121,340 Spain4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
2,967 Vietnam3
32,086 Mexico3
67,494 South Africa3
10,329 Pakistan3
3,340 Jamaica3
40,064 Nigeria2
219,873 France2
4,104 South Korea2
12,161 Wales2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
2,449 Yemen2
17,692 Armenia2
54,641 Sweden2
44,018 Poland2
20,186 Kenya2
124,220 Italy2
20,837 Venezuela2
91,784 Netherlands2
1,256 Myanmar2
174,544 Czech Republic1
16,228 Bulgaria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
8,181 Botswana1
7,847 Albania1
10,190 Bahrain1
169,904 Brazil1
5,553 Taiwan1
3,307 Malta1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
29,046 Japan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,572 Macau1
40,340 Malaysia1
25,746 Finland1
13,447 Uganda1
3,350 Fiji1
10,683 Cyprus1
4,942 Libya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
6,376 Singapore47
169,036 Indonesia42
70,042 Kazakhstan29
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
5,220 Trinidad and Tobago21
18,457 Scotland20
49,545 Belarus20
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
52,959 Ukraine93
Countries with hundreds of Beam:
6,579 Canada647
16,171 Germany639
62,740 India437
39,199 Philippines258
21,369 England242
565 Thailand192
69,233 Russia188
31,070 Turkey140
4,554 Lebanon105
Countries with ten thousands of Beam:
2,413 United States16,699
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maria Beam was 28 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 26, 1847. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as house keeper and took Huguenot from Liverpool. Maid Biddy Beam, Maid Ellen Beam, are other Beam that migrated to US.

Beam Namesakes

  • Abraham Beame, Former Mayor of New York City
  • Abraham Beame, Former Mayor of New York City
  • Willie Beamon, Football player
  • H. Beam Piper, Author
  • Autry Beamon, Football player
  • Louisa Beaman, Joseph Smith's wife
  • Lee Anne Beaman, Film actress
  • Charles Cotesworth Beaman, Lawyer
  • James Beaman, Actor
  • Daniel Beaman, Actor

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