The Beale surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,431 people carried this name — #4,764 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,247 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Beale.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Loir-et-Cher.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Beale live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Beale in American newspapers,
1911–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 142,965 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Beale,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Beale d. 1651 -
Charles Beale the Elder 1631–1705 · artist -
Jerome Beale d. 1631
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Sir John Beale, 1st Baronet d. 1684
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Anne Colepeper d. 1657
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Mary Dora Clerke d. 1918
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beale.
- Bazzano 492 · U.S. census
- Bazzo 113 · U.S. census
- Bazzoli 124 · U.S. census
- Be 1,146 · U.S. census
- Bea 895 · U.S. census
- Beal 20,752 · U.S. census
- Beard 48,207 · U.S. census
- Beato 1,404 · U.S. census
- Beau 297 · U.S. census
- Beaubrun 1,051 · U.S. census
- Beauchamp 11,865 · U.S. census
- Beauchemin 1,390 · U.S. census
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