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    The surname Bednar

    A Czech surname, carried by 4,151 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B356

    Bednar: #7,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bednar #7,968, 4,151 people Bednar: #7,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bednar #7,968, 4,151 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bednar is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    From Czech Bednář.

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,151 people named Bednar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,379 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,994.

    #7,968
    rank among US surnames
    4,151
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,686)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,961Coss4,15674,289
    #7,964Harbour4,15574,307
    #7,966Terwilliger4,15374,343
    #7,968Bednar4,15174,379
    #7,971Colella4,15074,397
    #7,972Lechner4,14974,414
    #7,974Chancellor4,14774,450

    Who is named Bednar

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

    96% of people named Bednar identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bednar

    Bednar has the Soundex code B356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B356.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bednar come from?
    From Czech Bednář.
    How common is the surname Bednar?
    4,151 people in the United States had the surname Bednar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,379 Americans. It ranked 7,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bednar?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bednar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bednar getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,151 in 2010, up 3.9%.