The Bede surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 226 people carried this name — #83,226 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 239 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 230 people named Bede.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 the Nordic population registers
48 people named Bede 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).
Who carried it
People named Bede,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Bede 1856–1942 · politician -
Jób Bede 1869–1919 · journalist -
Lajos Bede 1826–1879 · teacher
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László Bede 1879–1927 · politician
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László F. Bede 1895–1920 · politician
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István Bede 1904–1978 · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bede.
- Beckers 514 · U.S. census
- Beckert 1,288 · U.S. census
- Beckmann 3,608 · U.S. census
- Beckrich 133 · U.S. census
- Bedar 119 · U.S. census
- Bedard 6,046 · U.S. census
- Bedeau 220 · U.S. census
- Bedel 649 · U.S. census
- Bedell 5,989 · U.S. census
- Beder 331 · U.S. census
- Bedini 146 · U.S. census
- Bednarczyk 1,103 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bede is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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