Becker
See also: becker
Translingual
Proper noun
Becker
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Johannes Becker (1769-1833).
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛkɚ/
Etymology 1
From beck (“brook”) or a variant spelling of the surname Beake.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Backer is the 357th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 87,859 individuals. Becker is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.
German

Distribution of the surname Becker in Germany
Etymology
From Beck (“baker”) (from Middle High German becke), or a variant spelling of southern German Bäcker (“baker”).
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