Beckman

14,432 people in the United States were counted with the surname Beckman in the 2020 census, making it the 2,442nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 20,700.

By the numbers

People: 14,432
Rank: 2,442nd
How common: 1 in 20,700
Per 100,000: 4.8

Where the name comes from

Origin German

From German Beckmann.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Beckman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Black, not Hispanic 1.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Beckman

Arnold Beckman (1900–2004)American chemist
Thea Beckman (1923–2004)Dutch author of children's books
William Beckman (1881–1933)Olympic wrestler
Henry Beckman (1921–2008)Canadian actor

People named Beckman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Beckman

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.