The Becher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,496 people carried this name — #12,444 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,483 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Becher surname
From Middle High German bëcher, from Old High German bëhhâri, from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Becher» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 513 people named Becher 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 225 people named Becher.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
155 people named Becher live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
109 people named Becher have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 190 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
56 people named Becher is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Becher in American newspapers,
1887–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,736 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Becher,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Becher d. 1812 · physician
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Johann Mathias von Becher d. 1823 · Oberamtmann
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Frances Anna Maria Becher d. 1927
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Fane Becher d. 1592
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Henry Becher d. 1610
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Elizabeth Lucas Drake d. 1817
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Becher.
- Beccari 137 · U.S. census
- Beccaria 129 · U.S. census
- Becchetti 159 · U.S. census
- Becerra 33,274 · U.S. census
- Bech 227 · U.S. census
- Bechard 2,053 · 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
- Beck 93,786 · U.S. census
- Beckendorf 327 · U.S. census
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