Beke: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Beke is a branch of the Beck name tree. The name is generally explained as “Baker”.

Beke coat of arms

Arms linked to Beck and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Records show Beke as one of the forms Beck took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Becke, Bek and Becka.

261 Americans were listed as Beke in the 2010 census. French civil records give 183 births under the name Beke from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. There were 8 such births in the 1890s and 15 in the 1990s. For the full story, order the Beke surname pack.