Beau is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beau
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning:

French Fine, handsome.

Variant form of LeBeau. The handsome man.

The form of the LeBeau. The handsome man.

Beau is variant form of Beau. French Fine, handsome.

How popular is Beau?

Beau is common in France, United States, Egypt, Germany.

Beau is ranked 56898 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Beaus plummeted by 3.88 per cent to 297 since 2000 and slipped by 5666 spots and ranked at 66553. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.07 76.7
Black 14.81 15.53
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.7 0
Hispanic or Latino 3.03 0
Beau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 8912 people have been found who wears Beau as their family name. Beau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Beau:
860 France7,149
Countries with hundreds of Beau:
47,726 United States621
18,414 Egypt336
30,754 Germany269
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
44,416 Canada70
6,914 Haiti63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
53,999 England49
20,666 Switzerland33
271,580 Thailand28
179,591 Nigeria21
55,452 Papua New Guinea19
28,562 Ivory Coast18
15,539 Uruguay18
4,719 New Caledonia16
256,604 Brazil16
63,354 Belgium15
85,184 Australia15
18,211 Singapore13
138,643 Argentina12
41,789 Mexico11
78,311 Netherlands11
75,241 Spain11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
639,611 India10
54,497 Morocco9
177,858 South Africa7
102,017 Sweden7
51,529 Algeria7
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Agatha Beau was 8 years old when she migrated to USA on September 30, 1853. She lived in Switzerland and took Rhine from Havre. 59 years old Alois Beau, 43 years old Clara Beau, 11 years old Eduard Beau, Francois Beau (23) Farmer, Farmer Gottlieb Beau, 10 years old Johanna Beau, 50 years old Joseph Beau, 22 years old Justin Beau, and 8 other Beau around 68.75% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Beau Namesakes

  • Charles le Beau, French historical writer
  • Joseph HonorĂ© Simon Beau, French physician
  • Heinie Beau, American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist

Beau Namesakes

  • Charles le Beau, French historical writer
  • Joseph HonorĂ© Simon Beau, French physician
  • Heinie Beau, American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist

Related Family Names: