Beckers
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in German: genitive singular of Becker
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bɛkʰɐs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Beckers is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- BEBelgium1 in 2.3K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 3.9K
- DEGermany≈1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 172 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
genitive singular of Becker
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Beckers is read(measured from records)
Beckers is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German36%
genitive singular of Becker
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Sekundäres Patronym auf starkem Genitiv -s zu einem Berufs-/Beinamen auf -er; ‚Sohn des Becker‘. Morphologisch: genitivisches Berufsname-Patronym auf -ers.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Berufsname zu Becker mit genitivischem -s. 1 Type/2316 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Berufsname im starken Genitiv -ers; -ers-Variante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Genitiv-/Patronymform zu Becker „Bäcker“; starkes Genitiv-s. Bearer count: 2316.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
- English32%
from OE becca ‘mattock’; maker or user of mattocks; first attested Nicholas Bekar’ 1327 SRSx
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- Dutch12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Beckers in Dutch.
- French9.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Beckers in French.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Beckers counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Beckers | 131 |
| BE Belgium | #200 | 5,195 | 1 in 2.3K | 5.2K | Beckers | 88 |
| NL Netherlands | #415 | 4,469 | 1 in 3.9K | 4.5K | Beckers | 76 |
| US United States | — | 514 | 1 in 647K | 640 | Beckers | 172 |
| FR France | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 282K | 13 | Beckers | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 54 | 1 in 156K | 54 | Beckers | 14 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 71K | listed | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jeanne Paquinb. 1869FRnot in their usual nameFrench fashion designer (1869–1936)
- Paul Beckersb. 1878DEGerman actor (1878–1965)
- Hans Beckersb. 1902DEGerman architect (1902-1984)
- Betty Beckersb. 1925FRFrench actress (1925–1982)
- André Beckersb. 1927BEBelgian cartoonist
- Ria Beckersb. 1938NLDutch politician (1938–2006)
- Frans Beckersb. 1941NLDutch politician
- Peter Beckersb. 1947GBassociation football player (1947-1996)
- Marc Beckersb. 1973DEGerman footballer
- Isabelle Beckersb. 1983BEcyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 5.2K | #96 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 5K | #99 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 4.5K | #198 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 640 | #33,605 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 609 | #39,043 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 514 | #42,237 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 54 | #17,560 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 16 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Beckers mean, and where does it come from?
- genitive singular of Becker Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Beckers?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛkʰɐs/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Beckers have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Beckers in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled beckers.
- Where is Beckers most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Beckers is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 2.3 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Beckers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 5,195 people named Beckers in 2008, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Beckers compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Beckers is the 200th most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/beckersThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Beckers” — the 200th most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.