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    The surname Bechtel

    A German surname, carried by 6,813 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B234

    Bechtel: #5,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bechtel #5,137, 6,813 people Bechtel: #5,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bechtel #5,137, 6,813 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bechtel is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Bechtel.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,813 people named Bechtel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,317 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,683.

    #5,137
    rank among US surnames
    6,813
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,822)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,131Tyner6,81945,277
    #5,133Denis6,81845,284
    #5,136Trainor6,81645,297
    #5,137Bechtel6,81345,317

    Who is named Bechtel

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

    95% of people named Bechtel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bechtels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jim Bechtel
      American poker player, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Bechdel
    • Beightol
    • Pethtel

    Surnames that sound like Bechtel

    Bechtel has the Soundex code B234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B234.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bechtel come from?
    Borrowed from German Bechtel.
    How common is the surname Bechtel?
    6,813 people in the United States had the surname Bechtel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,317 Americans. It ranked 5,137th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bechtel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bechtel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bechtel?
    Jim Bechtel, American poker player.
    Where is the surname Bechtel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bechtel in the United States.
    Is the surname Bechtel getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,813 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Bechtel?
    Bechdel, Beightol and Pethtel.