How common is the surname Bettencourt?

7,365 people in the United States had the surname Bettencourt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,921 Americans. It ranked 4,797th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bettencourt?

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

Where is the surname Bettencourt most common?

Wikidata records people named Bettencourt in Brazil.

Is the surname Bettencourt getting more or less common?

More common. 6,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,365 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Bettencourt

A French place surname, carried by 7,365 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bettencourt is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Bettencourt.

Bettencourt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,365 people named Bettencourt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,921 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,888.

#4,797

rank among US surnames

7,365

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,706)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,788	Utley	7,385	41,807
#4,789	Koester	7,380	41,835
#4,790	Boatwright	7,379	41,841
#4,791	Pleasant	7,378	41,847
#4,792	Pomeroy	7,377	41,852
#4,793	Dabney	7,376	41,858
#4,794	Duckett	7,375	41,864

Who is named Bettencourt

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

88% of people named Bettencourt identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bettencourts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira
Brazilian footballer (1900-1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bettencourt

Bettencourt has the Soundex code B352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B352.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bettencourt come from?: Borrowed from French Bettencourt.
How common is the surname Bettencourt?: 7,365 people in the United States had the surname Bettencourt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,921 Americans. It ranked 4,797th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bettencourt?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Bettencourt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bettencourt?: Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Brazilian footballer (1900-1988).
Where is the surname Bettencourt most common?: Wikidata records people named Bettencourt in Brazil.
What type of surname is Bettencourt?: Bettencourt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bettencourt getting more or less common?: More common. 6,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,365 in 2010, up 6.9%.