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    The surname Behm

    A surname, carried by 4,476 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B500

    Behm: #7,443 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Behm #7,443, 4,476 people Behm: #7,443 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Behm #7,443, 4,476 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Behm is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,476 people named Behm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,978 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,375.

    #7,443
    rank among US surnames
    4,476
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,051)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,434Firestone4,48068,916
    #7,437Deel4,47868,947
    #7,441Warrington4,47768,963
    #7,443Behm4,47668,978
    #7,445Seymore4,47469,009
    #7,446Topete4,47369,024
    #7,450Balch4,47269,040

    Who is named Behm

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

    96% of people named Behm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Behm

    Behm has the Soundex code B500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Behm?
    4,476 people in the United States had the surname Behm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,978 Americans. It ranked 7,443rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Behm?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Behm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Behm getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,476 in 2010, up 2.3%.