# Betancourt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/betancourt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,663 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,664 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,252 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (15,876 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Betancourth |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Betancourt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Betancourt in the United States and Cuba.

## People named Betancourt

- Jeff Betancourt, American film editor and film director
- Danny Betancourt, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Bettencourt, Bittencourt, Betances, Betancur, Bottoms, Boateng, Bittinger, Bitting, Beddingfield, Bettinger, Budnick, Bhatnagar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.