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    The surname Becnel

    A surname, carried by 1,702 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B254

    Becnel: #16,781 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Becnel #16,781, 1,702 people Becnel: #16,781 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Becnel #16,781, 1,702 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Becnel is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,702 people named Becnel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,589.

    #16,781
    rank among US surnames
    1,702
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,616)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,775Coatney1,703181,295
    #16,781Dechant1,702181,402
    #16,789Piggott1,701181,508

    Who is named Becnel

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

    85% of people named Becnel identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Becnel

    Becnel has the Soundex code B254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B254.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Becnel?
    1,702 people in the United States had the surname Becnel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Becnel?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Becnel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Becnel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, up 7.1%.