Beam Family History

Beam Surname Meaning

English: from Middle English bem ‘tree; beam post piece of timber’ (Old English bēam) a term with various applications.

It denoted the beam of a loom and was therefore in some cases a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.

In others it was a topographic name denoting someone who lived by a post or tree or by a footbridge made from a tree trunk as in Beam Bridge in Dagenham Essex.

Americanized form of German Boehm or sometimes of Baum.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Beal, Bean, Bear, Baum, Beck, Best, Bream, Behm, Byam, Bram

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Where is the Beam family from?

You can see how Beam families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Beam family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Beam families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 17 Beam families living in Yorkshire. This was about 20% of all the recorded Beam's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Beam families in 1891.

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What did your Beam ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid domestic duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Beam.

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Unpaid domestic duties

87%

Housekeeper

14%

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Census Record

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There are 3K immigration records available for the last name Beam. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 15K military records available for the last name Beam. For the veterans among your Beam ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Beam lifespan?

Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Beam life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1953, and highest in 1983. The average life expectancy for Beam in 1942 was 34, and 76 in 2004.

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Beam Surname Meaning

English: from Middle English bem ‘tree; beam post piece of timber’ (Old English bēam) a term with various applications.

It denoted the beam of a loom and was therefore in some cases a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.

In others it was a topographic name denoting someone who lived by a post or tree or by a footbridge made from a tree trunk as in Beam Bridge in Dagenham Essex.

Americanized form of German Boehm or sometimes of Baum.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Beam family from?

What did your Beam ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid domestic duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Beam.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Unpaid domestic duties

87%

Housekeeper

14%

What Beam family records will you find?

What is the average Beam lifespan?

Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Beam life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1953, and highest in 1983. The average life expectancy for Beam in 1942 was 34, and 76 in 2004.

Beam Family History

Beam Surname Meaning

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Beam Surname Meaning

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Where is the Beam family from?

What did your Beam ancestors do for a living?

Top Female Occupations In 1939

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Military Records

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