# Becker (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Old Norse from Old Norse bekkr (“brook”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 87,859 |
| US rank (2010) | 357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,514 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (88,114 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛkɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Baecker, Beck, Becke, Beckert |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Becker 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Becker in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Austria and Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

## People named Becker

- Alisson Becker, Brazilian association football player
- Gary S. Becker, American economist (1930-2014)
- Jason Becker, American guitarist and composer
- Howard S. Becker, American sociologist (1928–2023)
- Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (1950–2017)
- Lydia Becker, British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)
- Harold Becker, American film director and producer
- Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, American diver (1903-1989)
- Alan Becker, American animator, actor and voice actor
- Ernest Becker, American cultural anthropologist (1924–1974)
- Bowe Becker, American swimmer
- Nicole Becker, Argentine youth climate activist

and 26 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Backer, Bieker, Becerra, Beecher, Becher, Besser, Buescher, Baker, Booker, Boucher, Bowser, Bucher.

## 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.