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    The surname Bedell

    A surname, carried by 5,989 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B340

    Bedell: #5,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bedell #5,783, 5,989 people Bedell: #5,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bedell #5,783, 5,989 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bedell is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,989 people named Bedell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,552 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,794.

    #5,783
    rank among US surnames
    5,989
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,514)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,780Durst5,99551,501
    #5,781Vansickle5,99451,509
    #5,782Tankersley5,99051,543
    #5,783Bedell5,98951,552
    #5,786Maxfield5,98751,569

    Who is named Bedell

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

    84% of people named Bedell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bedells

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Berkley Bedell
      American politician (1921-2019)
    • Adam Bedell
      American professional soccer player, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bedell

    Bedell has the Soundex code B340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bedell?
    5,989 people in the United States had the surname Bedell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,552 Americans. It ranked 5,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bedell?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Bedell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bedell?
    Berkley Bedell, American politician (1921-2019), followed by Adam Bedell.
    Where is the surname Bedell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bedell in the United States.
    Is the surname Bedell getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,989 in 2010, up 3.4%.