Bean is used as a family name or surname in Scotch. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bean
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotch
Meaning: Bean, Beane are Scotch abbreviations of Benjamin. It could also be derived from Gaelic - beag meaning little or young, Welsh - bechan, Cornish - bighan, wigan.

How popular is Bean?

Bean is common in United States.

Bean is ranked 7607 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bean bearers increased by 1.146857 per cent in 2010 US census to 37571 since 2000, the surname slipped by 80 spots and ranked at 926. The last name was found in around 127 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.83 83.01
Black 13.42 12.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.45
Others 1.79 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.91 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.45
Bean is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 71089 people have been found who wears Bean as their family name. Bean is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
8,411 Costa Rica4
8,689 Pakistan4
2,011 South Korea4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
35,789 Turkey3
6,774 Slovenia3
32,695 Nigeria3
8,995 Uganda2
1,389 Barbados2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
2,401 Honduras2
6,103 Cyprus2
19,093 Finland2
1,472 The Bahamas2
11,736 Lithuania2
28,083 Romania2
5,298 Botswana2
175 Åland2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
28,232 Morocco2
147,165 Czech Republic2
13,552 Qatar2
717 Bhutan1
8,859 Iraq1
2,211 Brunei1
37,779 Serbia1
1,879 Belize1
123,175 Tanzania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
31,584 Peru1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
9,591 Panama1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
1,572 Macau1
3,275 Nepal1
12,270 Lebanon1
20,172 Hungary1
42,479 Greece1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,877 Cuba1
19,810 Croatia1
3,952 Yemen1
7,790 Zambia1
2,505 Congo1
3,214 Niger1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
255,161 India47
2,848 Thailand40
37,591 Belgium37
21,901 Chile27
514 Isle of Man27
416 Guernsey24
23,914 Denmark20
62,309 Zimbabwe13
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,216 Singapore77
15,572 Switzerland72
14,205 Sweden65
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
923 China55
Countries with hundreds of Bean:
12,030 Germany841
18,492 Philippines773
3,420 Malaysia708
6 Bermuda447
870 Taiwan406
1,825 Scotland394
1,991 New Zealand379
33,368 Brazil350
13,426 Kenya314
1,258 Namibia285
33,407 Italy269
37,175 France269
1,521 Wales260
42,627 Indonesia226
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
1,391 Hong Kong178
674 Suriname160
7,594 Colombia157
2,996 Ireland136
36,751 Argentina134
1,957 Jamaica125
27,127 Mexico105
25,990 Spain103
24,962 Netherlands102
Countries with thousands of Bean:
1,329 England5,942
639 Vietnam4,372
2,403 South Africa2,703
899 Cambodia1,954
1,722 Australia1,848
2,676 Canada1,824
Countries with ten thousands of Bean:
839 United States44,416
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michael Bean from Ireland aboard the Waterloo from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in USA on November 18, 1848. Richard Bean, aged 35, U Bean, aged 26, Workman Edw. Bean, Eliza Bean, aged 43, Immigrant Mary Bean, Thomas Bean (21) Immigrant, Immigrant Elizabeth Bean, 19 years old Michael Bean, Richard Bean, aged 17, 13 years old Charles Bean, and 17 other Bean around 41.18% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US.

From Italy

Laborer Cont.Guiseppe Bean from Italy aboard the La Normandie from Havre. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in New York on May 13, 1889.

Bean Namesakes

  • Alan Bean, Test pilot
  • Frances Bean Cobain, Visual artist
  • Colter Bean, Baseball player
  • Sean Bean, Actor
  • Noah Bean, Actor
  • Billy Bean, Baseball player
  • Sean Bean, Actor
  • Cathy Bao Bean, Writer
  • Orson Bean, Film actor
  • Sean Bean, Actor
  • Lindsey Bean portrayed the leading character of The Huntress in 0 drama and horror flick First Born.
  • In 0 comedy film, Untitled Alec Elliot/Paul Chirico Buddy Cop Project, Teija Bean portrayed Jernice O'Brien.
  • In 2012 comedy movie, Hatfield and McCoy, Joshua Bean portrayed Steve.
  • In 2013 comedy and drama film, Producer Sam, Derrick Bean characterized Intern.
  • Jimmy Bean, from 2003 comedy movie Bundle of Joy, who played the Michael Henry Hepburn.

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