# Bettencourt (surname)

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

A surname from French [in turn transferred from the place name].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,365 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,797 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (6,888 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Bettencourt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bettencourt 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bettencourt in Brazil.

## People named Bettencourt

- Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Brazilian footballer (1900-1988)

## Similar surnames

Betancourt, Bittencourt, Betancur, Bettinger, Bottoms, Boateng, Bittinger, Betances, Bitting, Beddingfield, 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.