Béchard Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Béchard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 150 | 1:245,637 | 23,369 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bechard (7,039) are calculated separately.
Béchard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Béchard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Béchard is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Bechard. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Béchard? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,185,157th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Béchard is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Béchard are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Gallo-North America.
The last name Béchard is most frequent in Canada, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 245,637. In Canada it is primarily found in: Quebec, where 95 percent are found, Ontario, where 3 percent are found and Alberta, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Canada this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
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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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Béchard
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