Last Name BECKER

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Meaning	The son of Becker. SOme old personal name. From 'becker,' the same as 'backer,' a baker. It may be from 'becher,' a cup or goblet, from 'bechern,' to tipple; "der Becher" (German), drinker, a tippler; the same in Dutch. A baker. Name BECKER is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'БЕКЕР'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name. 'BEKER' 'BECER' 'BECKER' .

Origin	English, German, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian, Belarusian

Rank	315 (2000 US census)	389 (1990 US census)

Count	88,114 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.4%, or 84942 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.46%, or 405 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 397 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.31%, or 273 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.02%, or 899 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.38%, or 1216 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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