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    The surname Bejar

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 2,224 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B260

    Bejar: #13,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bejar #13,622, 2,224 people Bejar: #13,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bejar #13,622, 2,224 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bejar is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Béjar, a habitational surname.

    Bejar is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,224 people named Bejar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,824 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,537.

    #13,622
    rank among US surnames
    2,224
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,040)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,616Wootton2,225138,762
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Bejar

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

    91% of people named Bejar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bejar come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Béjar, a habitational surname.
    How common is the surname Bejar?
    2,224 people in the United States had the surname Bejar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,824 Americans. It ranked 13,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bejar?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bejar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Bejar?
    Bejar is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bejar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,224 in 2010, up 45%.