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    The surname Bett

    A surname, carried by 356 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B300

    Bett: #57,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bett #57,234, 356 people Bett: #57,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bett #57,234, 356 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bett is more common than 64.7% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, from personal names based on pet forms of Beatrice or Elizabeth, also masculine pet forms of Bertram and Bartholomew. * As a German surname from the noun Bett.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 356 people named Bett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 867,263 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 344.

    #57,234
    rank among US surnames
    356
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #55,732)

    Who is named Bett

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

    76% of people named Bett identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bett

    Bett has the Soundex code B300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bett come from?
    * As an English surname, from personal names based on pet forms of Beatrice or Elizabeth, also masculine pet forms of Bertram and Bartholomew. * As a German surname from the noun Bett.
    How common is the surname Bett?
    356 people in the United States had the surname Bett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 867,263 Americans. It ranked 57,234th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bett?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Bett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bett getting more or less common?
    More common. 344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 356 in 2010, up 3.5%.