Find out how popular the last name Beaz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Beaz.

Beaz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Beaz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Beaz in America

Beaz is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Beaz surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Beaz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Beaz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Beaz

The surname "BEAZ" is believed to have originated in the region of Galicia, located in the northwestern part of Spain, during the medieval period. Its roots can be traced back to the ancient Galician language, where "beaz" was a term used to refer to a specific type of mountain pasture or meadow.

One of the earliest recorded instances of this surname can be found in the Tumbo de Celanova, a 12th-century cartulary from the Monastery of Celanova in Galicia. This document mentions a landowner named Petro Beaz, who held property in the area around the year 1180.

During the 13th and 14th centuries, the surname Beaz began to spread beyond Galicia, with mentions appearing in various historical records across the Iberian Peninsula. For instance, the Libro de Repartimiento de Sevilla, a document detailing the distribution of land after the Christian conquest of Seville in 1248, lists several individuals bearing this surname.

One notable figure with the surname Beaz was Juan Beaz, a 15th-century cleric and theologian from the city of Burgos. He served as a canon of the cathedral and authored several treatises on religious doctrine, with his works being widely circulated throughout Spain and Portugal.

In the 16th century, the Beaz surname found its way to the Americas through Spanish colonization efforts. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this name in the New World was Pedro Beaz, a soldier who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the 1520s.

Another notable figure was Inés Beaz, a 17th-century landowner and rancher in the region of present-day Argentina. Historical records indicate that she owned vast swaths of land and played a significant role in the development of the local agricultural industry.

As the centuries passed, the Beaz surname continued to spread across various regions of Spain and its former colonies, with variations in spelling and pronunciation emerging, such as Beáz, Béaz, and Biaz. However, the original Galician roots of the name remained intact, serving as a testament to the rich cultural heritage of this Iberian Peninsula region.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Beaz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Beaz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Beaz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Beaz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Beaz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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