The Beck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 93,786 people carried this name — #328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,150 people counted. That is up 1% from 93,161 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,043 people named Beck.
197 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,779 people named Beck live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 774 people named Beck 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 636 people named Beck live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
546 people named Beck have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 830 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Beck name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In the Nordic population registers
1,280 people named Beck are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Beck in American newspapers,
1882–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Beck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean de Beck 1588–1648 · military officer -
Franz Ignaz Beck 1734–1809 · composer -
Christian Daniel Beck 1757–1832 · librarian -
Heinrich Beck 1760–1803 · playwright -
Theodric Romeyn Beck 1791–1855 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 150 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beck.
- Bechard 2,053 · U.S. census
- Becher 2,496 · U.S. census
- Bechler 563 · U.S. census
- Becht 1,248 · U.S. census
- Bechtel 6,813 · U.S. census
- Bechtold 3,700 · U.S. census
- Beckendorf 327 · U.S. census
- Becker 87,859 · U.S. census
- Beckerich 165 · U.S. census
- Beckers 514 · U.S. census
- Beckert 1,288 · U.S. census
- Beckmann 3,608 · U.S. census
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