How rare is the last name Beckett?

11,411 people in the United States have the last name Beckett, about 1 in 26,194. It ranks #3,071 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BECKETT

#3,071

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,411
About
1 in 26,194
This common or more
52.8%
Who bears it

Of the 11,411 people with the last name Beckett, 75.9% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Beckett

#3,069 Fontaine · 11,416#3,069 Turpin · 11,416#3,072 Pence · 11,408#3,073 Siddiqui · 11,405

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beckett, most common first.

#61,433 Becket · 353#76,478 Bessett · 271#126,357 Bechet · 142#148,665 Beckette · 111#149,446 Besett · 110

Also a first name

As a first name, Beckett ranks #1,735 of 53,615, with 17,466 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 2,625 births. See Beckett as a first name

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