How common is the surname Bechtold?

3,700 people in the United States had the surname Bechtold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. It ranked 8,854th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bechtold?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bechtold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bechtold getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,700 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Bechtold

A surname, carried by 3,700 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bechtold is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,700 people named Bechtold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,728.

#8,854

rank among US surnames

3,700

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,185)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422
#8,854	Breault	3,700	83,445
#8,858	Kautz	3,699	83,467
#8,860	Licea	3,698	83,490
#8,861	Barbera	3,696	83,535

Who is named Bechtold

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

95% of people named Bechtold identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bechtold

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bechtold?: 3,700 people in the United States had the surname Bechtold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,445 Americans. It ranked 8,854th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bechtold?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bechtold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bechtold getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,700 in 2010, down 0.8%.