How common is the surname Bethke?

2,349 people in the United States had the surname Bethke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,437 Americans. It ranked 13,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bethke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bethke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bethke?

Jean Bethke Elshtain, American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual (1941–2013), followed by Bruce Bethke.

Where is the surname Bethke most common?

Wikidata records people named Bethke in the United States.

Is the surname Bethke getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,349 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Bethke

A surname, carried by 2,349 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bethke is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

From German Bethke.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,349 people named Bethke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,437 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,372.

#13,073

rank among US surnames

2,349

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #12,070)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,065	Crownover	2,350	131,381
#13,073	Nutting	2,349	131,437
#13,079	Spink	2,348	131,493
#13,081	Orduno	2,347	131,549

Who is named Bethke

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

95% of people named Bethke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bethkes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jean Bethke Elshtain
American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual (1941–2013)
Bruce Bethke
American writer and software developer, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bethke

Betz

Bethke has the Soundex code B320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B320.

Questions

Where does the surname Bethke come from?: From German Bethke.
How common is the surname Bethke?: 2,349 people in the United States had the surname Bethke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,437 Americans. It ranked 13,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bethke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bethke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bethke?: Jean Bethke Elshtain, American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual (1941–2013), followed by Bruce Bethke.
Where is the surname Bethke most common?: Wikidata records people named Bethke in the United States.
Is the surname Bethke getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,349 in 2010, down 1.0%.