How common is the surname Becerra?

33,274 people in the United States had the surname Becerra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,279 Americans. It ranked 1,051st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Becerra?

Xavier Becerra, American attorney and politician (born 1958), followed by María Becerra.

Where is the surname Becerra most common?

Wikidata records people named Becerra in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Becerra getting more or less common?

More common. 24,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,274 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Becerra

A Spanish surname, carried by 33,274 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Becerra is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Becerra.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,274 people named Becerra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,279 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,468.

#1,051

rank among US surnames

33,274

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+36%

change since 2000 (was #1,325)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,042	Bonner	33,446	9,231
#1,043	Ferrell	33,418	9,239
#1,044	Cotton	33,374	9,251
#1,045	Dotson	33,347	9,259
#1,046	McGowan	33,340	9,261
#1,047	Barlow	33,335	9,262
#1,048	Shea	33,329	9,264

Who is named Becerra

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Becerra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Becerras

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Xavier Becerra
American attorney and politician (born 1958)
María Becerra
Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

Notable Becerras come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Becerra

Becerra has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Becerra come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Becerra.
How common is the surname Becerra?: 33,274 people in the United States had the surname Becerra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,279 Americans. It ranked 1,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Becerra?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Becerra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Becerra?: Xavier Becerra, American attorney and politician (born 1958), followed by María Becerra.
Where is the surname Becerra most common?: Wikidata records people named Becerra in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Becerra getting more or less common?: More common. 24,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,274 in 2010, up 36%.