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    The surname Bekele

    An Amharic surname, carried by 1,506 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B240

    Bekele: #18,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bekele #18,385, 1,506 people Bekele: #18,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bekele #18,385, 1,506 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bekele is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Amharic origin

    Borrowed from Amharic በቀለ (bäḳälä).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,506 people named Bekele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. That is up 112% since 2000, when the Census counted 709.

    #18,385
    rank among US surnames
    1,506
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +112.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,970)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,378Prohaska1,507204,874
    #18,385Roder1,506205,010

    Who is named Bekele

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

    94% of people named Bekele identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bekele

    Bekele has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bekele come from?
    Borrowed from Amharic በቀለ (bäḳälä).
    How common is the surname Bekele?
    1,506 people in the United States had the surname Bekele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. It ranked 18,385th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bekele?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bekele identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bekele getting more or less common?
    More common. 709 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,506 in 2010, up 112%.