The Bech surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 227 people carried this name — #82,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 18% from 276 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 277 people named Bech.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Var.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
211 people named Bech have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 249 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Bech live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
940 people named Bech are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bech,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frederik Julius Bech 1758–1822 · politician -
Frederik Julius Bech 1758–1822 · politician
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Edvard Bech 1812–1873 · merchant -
Edvard Bech 1812–1873 · merchant
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Bech d. 805 · warrior
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Ivan Bech d. 1914
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bech.
- Bec 215 · U.S. census
- Becan 141 · U.S. census
- Beccari 137 · U.S. census
- Beccaria 129 · U.S. census
- Becchetti 159 · U.S. census
- Becerra 33,274 · U.S. census
- Bechard 2,053 · U.S. census
- Becher 2,496 · U.S. census
- Bechler 563 · U.S. census
- Becht 1,248 · U.S. census
- Bechtel 6,813 · U.S. census
- Bechtold 3,700 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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