The Bechtel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,683 people carried this name — #4,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 226 people named Bechtel.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
165 people named Bechtel live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bechtel.
- Becerra 24,468 · U.S. census
- Bech 276 · U.S. census
- Bechard 2,034 · U.S. census
- Becher 2,483 · U.S. census
- Bechler 650 · U.S. census
- Becht 1,291 · U.S. census
- Bechtold 3,728 · U.S. census
- Beck 93,161 · U.S. census
- Beckendorf 297 · U.S. census
- Becker 88,114 · U.S. census
- Beckerich 160 · U.S. census
- Beckers 640 · U.S. census
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