Last Name BECK

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Meaning Local: At the beck, from residence besides the beck, a running stream, a small rivulet.
Local: From 'becc,' a brook.
Name BECK is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'БЕК'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'BEK' 'BEC' 'BECK'
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Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, Danish, German, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Swiss, Native American, Irish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Croatian, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, Flemish, South african, Hungarian, Guam, Belarusian

Rank 295 (2000 US census) 299 (1990 US census)
Count 93,161 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.73%, or 85457 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.47%, or 4164 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.58%, or 540 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.6%, or 559 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.23%, or 1146 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 1295 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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