# Bachar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bachar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 561 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,212 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 550,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.1% (514 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew בֶּכֶר (békher), a Jewish Sephardic surname. * Borrowed from Polish Bachar, perhaps a nickname from bach (“child”) or bachorz (“belly”). * Americanized spelling of Slovene Bačar, a habitational surname from any of various places in Slovenia called Bača.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bachar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bachar in the United States.

## People named Bachar

- Carmit Bachar, American singer
- John Bachar, American rock climber (1957-2009)
- Dian Bachar, American actor

## Similar surnames

Bashir, Bacher, Backer, Baker, Becker, Booker, Becerra, Boucher, Bowser, Bucher, Beecher, Boozer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.