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

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

How popular is Been?

Been is common in United States.

Been is ranked 42516 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Beens plummeted by 3.625111 per cent to 1090 since 2000 and slipped by 1828 spots and ranked at 23354. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.37 84.53
Black 10.64 7.96
Others 4.04 2.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.11 2.21
Hispanic or Latino 1.93 1.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.92 0.8
Been is quite popular family name mostly used in Bangladesh while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 11422 people have been found who wears Been as their family name. Been is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
5,318 China8
1,377 South Korea6
32,086 Mexico3
18,114 Algeria3
32,695 Nigeria3
90,215 Germany3
1,151 Brunei2
41,879 Turkey2
18,625 Japan2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
24,766 Scotland2
4,231 Jamaica2
12,172 Ghana2
54,135 Philippines2
12,844 Pakistan2
531 Greenland1
107,212 South Africa1
123,175 Tanzania1
746 Dominica1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,578 Guam1
30,360 Thailand1
31,207 Ireland1
29,595 Iran1
42,479 Greece1
6,033 Benin1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,814 Romania1
6,149 Ethiopia1
5,553 Taiwan1
19,810 Croatia1
7,941 Guatemala1
3,275 Nepal1
7,292 Vietnam1
4,249 Cambodia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
26,164 Sweden36
36,547 Switzerland27
15,050 Singapore18
89,048 Spain13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
441 The Bahamas84
40,845 Canada78
104,075 Brazil64
122,493 Indonesia62
12,538 Norway59
9,807 Denmark59
37,137 Australia58
Countries with hundreds of Been:
8,541 Morocco604
7 Turks and Caicos Islands512
25 Kiribati203
61,459 France159
9,948 Austria131
36,041 England118
10,102 Israel106
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Been:
2,488 Bangladesh3,781
1,094 Netherlands1,856
24,347 India1,607
20,467 United States1,565
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Been Namesakes

  • Geoffrey Beene, Fashion Designer
  • Mario Been, Football manager
  • K. M. Beenamol, Athlete
  • KS Beena, Playback Singer
  • K. S. Beena, K. S. Chithra's sister
  • K. M. Beenamol, Athlete
  • Geoffrey Beene, Fashion Designer
  • Carlton Beener, Actor
  • Geoffrey Beene, Fashion Designer
  • Al Beeno, Musical Artist

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