The Beane surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,142 people carried this name — #6,588 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,969 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Beane surname

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: Ediva Bene, Kent, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Bean and Beane.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 87 · public domain.

In print

Beane in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Middlebury Register carrying the name Beane
Middlebury Register 1914-12-18
Newspaper page from Middlebury Register carrying the name Beane
Middlebury Register 1922-09-29
Newspaper page from Middlebury Register carrying the name Beane
Middlebury Register 1922-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,015 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beane in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

749 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beane. The most, 143, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 213
New South Wales 202
Queensland 123
South Australia 101
Western Australia 65
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 17

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beane.

Who carried it

People named Beane,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Beane
    James Beane 1896–1918 · flying ace
  • John Beane d. 1580 · politician
  • Edward Beane 1879–1948
  • Reginald "Sonnie" Beane 1918–1985 · actor
  • Vanilla Beane 1919–2022 · fashion designer
  • Wendell Charles Beane 1935–2019 · theologian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beane,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States395 records

395 records of the Beane name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 207
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 31
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond H. Beane

    Born 1922 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; boilermaker from Ramsey County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gertrude Beane

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the La Champagne from Havre, aged 22; religious. From Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold George Beane

    Born 1947; from Richville, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 395 records for Beane in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Beane name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Benjamin Beane

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Calvin, sailing from Woolwich in 1846. Native of Sutton, Norfolk.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Beane

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Merkara, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Walter H. Beane

    Farmer of Bumberrah, Victoria; died 1938.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Beane in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Beane name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Beane

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the St. Andrew, landing at Quebec, bound for Guelph, Ontario; Scotch.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eddie M. Beane

    Buried in 1948 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Beane in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Beane name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Beane

    Jjl Yeomanry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Beane

    Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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