Bekker Surname
Approximately 42,896 people bear this surname
Bekker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14,966 | 1:3,620 | 476 |
| Russia | 11,827 | 1:12,186 | 1,688 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| Netherlands | 3,175 | 1:5,319 | 555 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,492 | 1:11,852 | 1,817 |
| United States | 1,410 | 1:257,063 | 24,315 |
| Germany | 834 | 1:96,529 | 12,033 |
| Ukraine | 740 | 1:61,517 | 8,879 |
| Denmark | 596 | 1:9,471 | 881 |
| Australia | 385 | 1:70,119 | 8,305 |
| Hungary | 350 | 1:28,047 | 3,094 |
| Canada | 314 | 1:117,343 | 12,424 |
| Belarus | 263 | 1:36,126 | 6,257 |
| England | 211 | 1:264,067 | 20,991 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 105 | 1:56,882 | 7,985 |
| Uzbekistan | 103 | 1:300,283 | 8,324 |
| New Zealand | 101 | 1:44,835 | 7,402 |
| Poland | 99 | 1:383,927 | 41,878 |
| Namibia | 96 | 1:25,098 | 4,061 |
| Estonia | 81 | 1:16,319 | 2,713 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Israel | 38 | 1:225,201 | 21,188 |
| Transnistria | 35 | 1:13,563 | 2,609 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Norway | 28 | 1:183,653 | 21,594 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
Bekker (53) may also be a first name.
Bekker Demographics
Average Bekker Salary in
United States
$47,044 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bekker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekker (Russian: Беккер) occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bekker click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekker? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bekker is the 13,068th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 169,889 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Bekker reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 35 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 53 people.
Bekker is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 14,966 people, or 1 in 3,620. In South Africa Bekker is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Western Cape, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 92 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 28 percent are found and Mozambique, where 12 percent are found.
Bekker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bekker has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,712 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 10,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bekker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bekker last name is principally Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Orthodox (96%) in Belarus, Orthodox (83%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bekker surname are 4.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.17% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bekker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.26% more than the national average, earning 471,570 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.42% more than the national average, earning R 421,620 per year; in United States they earn 9.03% more than the national average, earning $47,044 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning $49,550 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekker in the Russian language | ||
| Беккер | bekker | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bekker
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