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The BEECHER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,268 6013 0.002 20
United States (1880 census) 69 40372 0 1
Change since 1880 +5199 +34359 +N/A +19
Other Countries
Australia 154 9614 0.001 9
United Kingdom 534 8441 0.001 12
Top States for BEECHER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 498 3896 0.003 26
California 438 6367 0.001 13
Florida 328 6004 0.002 21
Pennsylvania 325 4682 0.003 26
Georgia 315 2966 0.004 38
Top States for BEECHER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Connecticut 246 1773 0.007 72
Utah 161 1846 0.007 72
Iowa 139 2918 0.005 47
Wisconsin 229 3245 0.004 43
Montana 37 3535 0.004 41

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BEECHER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BEECHER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BEECHER in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BEECHER by picking someone at random in Connecticut than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BEECHER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BEECHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BEECHER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BEECHER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 348 6.61
White (Hispanic) 115 2.18
Native American/Alaskan 72 1.37
Mixed Race 41 0.78
Asian/Pacific 35 0.66
White (Caucasian) 4,657 88.4

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BEECHER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BEECHER in historical publications

BEECHER. Becher is found in the H.R, without any prefix. Le Becher, Le Becchur, and Le Beechur, also occur there.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


(origin: Fr.) Beau chère, fine entertainment; or from the beech-wood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BEECHER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BEECHER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BEECHER

The following words are slight variants of BEECHER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.