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Becker
Sign in to saveBecker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from the word Beck for Bach ("creek" or "brook") to denote origin.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Becker is referenced by 38 other articles, and connects out to Becker's nevus, Bäcker and German.
It is catalogued under topics including German-language surnames, Occupational surnames and Surnames.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- family name
- Said to be same as
- Beckmann
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- French
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- Becker
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- B260
- Cologne phonetics
- 147
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- PKA1111111
- Commons category
- Becker (surname)
- P8168
- 940
- transliteration or transcription
- Беккер
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Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from the word Beck for Bach ("creek" or "brook") to denote origin.
==Geographical distribution== As of 2014, 55.3% of all known bearers of the surname Becker were residents of Germany (frequency 1:287), 24.7% of the United States (1:2,891), 8.0% of Brazil (1:5,052), 2.7% of France (1:4,987), 2.0% of South Africa (1:5,431) and 1.2% of Canada (1:6,120).
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