How common is the surname Becher?

2,496 people in the United States had the surname Becher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,696 Americans. It ranked 12,444th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Becher?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Becher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Becher getting more or less common?

More common. 2,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,496 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Becher

A surname, carried by 2,496 people in the United States.

2 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). Becher is more common than 92.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,496 people named Becher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,696 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,483.

#12,444

rank among US surnames

2,496

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696
#12,447	Coady	2,494	123,795
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845

Who is named Becher

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

96% of people named Becher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Becher

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

Questions

How common is the surname Becher?: 2,496 people in the United States had the surname Becher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,696 Americans. It ranked 12,444th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Becher?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Becher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Becher getting more or less common?: More common. 2,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,496 in 2010, up 0.5%.