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    The surname Behl

    A surname, carried by 1,144 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /beɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex B400

    Behl: #22,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Behl #22,481, 1,144 people Behl: #22,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Behl #22,481, 1,144 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Behl is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,144 people named Behl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,038.

    #22,481
    rank among US surnames
    1,144
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,999)

    Who is named Behl

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

    75% of people named Behl identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Behl

    Behl has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Behl?
    1,144 people in the United States had the surname Behl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Behl?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Behl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    How do you pronounce Behl?
    Behl is /beɪl/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Behl getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 10%.