The Becht surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,248 people carried this name — #21,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,291 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Becht surname
From the German surname, from a dialectal variant of berht (“bright, shining, famous”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht; see bright.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Becht» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 217 people named Becht.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-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 Poland’s population register
153 people named Becht have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 176 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Becht live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Becht,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eberhard Ludwig Becht 1732–1803 · politician -
John Becht 1886–1960 · sport cyclist -
Kees Becht 1917–2016 · politician -
Ambrosius Becht 1514–1564 · judge
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Georg Becht 1548–1606 · mayor
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Johann Georg Becht 1661–1733 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Becht.
- Becchetti 159 · U.S. census
- Becerra 33,274 · U.S. census
- Bech 227 · U.S. census
- Bechard 2,053 · U.S. census
- Becher 2,496 · U.S. census
- Bechler 563 · 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
- Becker 87,859 · U.S. census
- Beckerich 165 · U.S. census
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