Bechtolt is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bechtolt
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name is a variant of the Bechtel. Descendant of Betto, a pet form of names beginning with Brecht meaning "bright or famous", as Berhtari, Berahtram and Berhtolf.

Descendant of Berchtwald meaning "bright, forest".

How popular is Bechtolt?

Bechtolt is common in United States.

Bechtolt is ranked 1309149 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bechtolts plummeted by 5.8 per cent to 130 since 2000 and slipped by 13775 spots and ranked at 130610. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.69 98.55
Bechtolt is an uncommon surname, few people in United States have the family name and might have roots in United States. Around 172 people have been found who wears Bechtolt as their family name. Few people around the world have Bechtolt as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Bechtolt:
135,612 United States169

Immigrants to US

From Germany

August Bechtolt was 15 years old when he migrated to New York on May 16, 1864. He lived in Schweiz, Germany where he worked as farmer and took Saint Bernhard from Antwerp & Bremen. Farmer Carl Bechtolt, 26 years old Heinrich Bechtolt, Farmer Heinrich Bechtolt, 25 years old Jeanette Bechtolt, Lina Bechtolt, aged 4, Carl Bechtolt (50) Tourist, are other Bechtolt that migrated to US.

Bechtolt Namesakes

  • Jona Bechtolt, electronic musician and multimedia artist based

Bechtolt Namesakes

  • Jona Bechtolt, electronic musician and multimedia artist based

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