Becher is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Becher
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

Becher is the variant of Beecher. Becher is found in the Hundred Rolls, without any prefix. Le Becher, Le Becchur, and Le Beechur, also occur there.

Family name Becher is the form of the Beecher. Dweller near the beech-trees, or on the beach.

The lastname Becher is the variant of the Beecher. Dweller at, or near, a beech tree.

How popular is Becher?

Becher is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chad, France, Philippines, Canada, Denmark, Poland, Austria, Norway, Switzerland, Egypt.

Becher is ranked 25060 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Becher bearers increased by 0.52 per cent in 2010 US census to 2496 since 2000, the surname slipped by 845 spots and ranked at 12444. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.87 96.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.41
Black 1.04 0.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.52
Others 0.36 0.77
Becher is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 21539 people have been found who wears Becher as their family name. Becher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Becher:
776 Germany12,633
Countries with thousands of Becher:
13,024 United States2,968
4,040 Brazil1,996
Countries with hundreds of Becher:
6,227 Argentina584
2,818 Chad578
23,915 France431
49,829 Philippines265
14,635 Canada259
2,463 Denmark234
26,318 Poland194
7,551 Austria180
5,322 Norway137
7,530 Switzerland136
38,342 Egypt122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,131 England96
26,711 Australia88
28,853 Romania61
27,470 Czechia57
12,605 Sweden54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,518 Mauritania48
11,239 Chile42
22,042 Israel36
12,675 Moldova33
21,349 Ivory Coast29
51,392 Spain25
98,611 South Africa23
57,169 Netherlands23
39,106 Slovakia21
4,563 Tunisia20
320,775 Thailand19
3,086 French Polynesia18
15,044 Scotland16
389 Curaçao14
27,379 New Zealand13
19,471 Estonia12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
46,877 Hungary10
462,339 Russia7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Ignace Becher was 22 years old when he migrated to USA on June 16, 1852. He lived in Luxemburg and took Fortitude from Havre. Peter Becher (30), Theodore Becher, 43 years old Jacob-Friedr. Becher, 20 years old Catherine Becher, C. Becher, aged 19, Julius Becher, aged 28, 17 years old Johnn Becher, 17 years old Carl-Ferd. Becher, Ern.Chr. Becher (25) Laborer, and 275 other Becher around 39.78% of whom were farmer while others worked as weaver and laborer, tailor, smith, servant, miller, merchant, clerk, shoemaker, engineer, miner, locksmith, baker, spinster, tourist, cook migrated to US from Havre, Bremen and Hamburg.

Becher Namesakes

  • Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet
  • Ulrich Becher, German author and playwright
  • Kurt Becher, mid-ranking SS commander
  • Siegfried Becher, Austrian political economist,
  • Johann Joachim Becher, German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry
  • Hilla Becher, conceptual photographer born in Potsdam

Becher Namesakes

  • Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet
  • Ulrich Becher, German author and playwright
  • Kurt Becher, mid-ranking SS commander
  • Siegfried Becher, Austrian political economist,
  • Johann Joachim Becher, German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry
  • Hilla Becher, conceptual photographer born in Potsdam

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