The Beke surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 261 people carried this name — #74,141 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 20% from 217 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 544 people named Beke 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Beke.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Beke,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Tilstone Beke 1800–1874 · writer -
Jozef Beke d. 1771 · draftsperson
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Walter Beke 1186–1237
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Thomas Beke 1228–1293
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Dániel Beke 1601–1661 · Unitarian pastor
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Richard Beke 1630–1707 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Beke.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Beke is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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