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Becker History Spelling Variations World Ranking

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Suggested Reading Sources

Becker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
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Becker Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bakker, Becker, de Bakker, Bekere, de Becker and others.

Becker World Ranking

the United States, the name Becker is the 389^th most popular surname with an estimated 72,123 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Becker is ranked the 886^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,024 people with that name. 2 And in France, the name Becker is the 424^th popular surname with an estimated 10,073 people with that name. 3 Netherlands ranks Becker as 881^st with 2,286 people. 4

Becker migration to the United States +

Becker Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jochem Becker, aged 38, who landed in New York in 1654 5
Jan Jurrianse Becker, who landed in New York in 1663 5

Becker Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Becker, British settler who landed in New York in 1709 with wife and children 5
Gerhard Becker, who landed in America in 1709 5
Zoden Becker, who arrived in New York in 1709 5
Magdalena Becker, British settler who arrived in New York in 1709 with her 2 children
Johann Jacob Becker, British settler who arrived in New York in 1709 with his wife Maria Elisabeth
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Becker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Elizabeth Becker, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1802 5
Eliz Becker, aged 48, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1804 5
I C Becker, aged 24, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1804 5
Daniel Becker, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1827 5
Hans Becker, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1834 5
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Becker Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Wilhelmina Becker, aged 8, who arrived in New York, NY in 1901 5

Becker migration to Canada +

Becker Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Ernst Becker, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1753
Barbara Becker, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757
Catherine Becker, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757
Henrich Becker, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757
Jacob Becker, age 28, who settled in Canada in 1783

Becker Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Christian Becker, who landed in Canada in 1832
Barton Becker, who landed in Canada in 1841
Jeremiah Becker, who landed in Canada in 1841
Herman Becker, who landed in Manitoba in 1877
Jacob Becker, who arrived in Manitoba in 1877
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Becker migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Becker Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Victor Becker, aged 27, a plumber, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Queen of The Age" in 1874
Reine Becker, aged 23, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Queen of The Age" in 1874

Contemporary Notables of the name Becker (post 1700) +

Gary Stanley Becker (b. 1932), American Economist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1992, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007
Donna Becker (1932-2023), American pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Howard Saul Becker (1928-2023), American sociologist who taught at Northwestern University from Chicago, Illinois
Diane Becker (b. 1969), American producer and production manager, known for Stutz (2022), Tina (2021) and Navalny (2022) which was the winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary
Quinn Henderson Becker (1930-2022), American lieutenant general in the United States Army, Surgeon General of the United States Army from February 1985 to May 1988
Bowe Becker (b. 1997), American professional swimmer, who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Alan S. Becker (1946-2020), American lawyer, politician, educator, and writer
Walter Carl Becker (1950-2017), American songwriter, co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of Steely Dan
Arthur William John Becker III (1927-2015), American theatre critic and film distributor, owner of Playbill, a monthly American magazine for theatregoers
... (Another 32 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Becker family +

Bismarck

Wilhelm Becker (1918-1941), German Matrose who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 6
Heinz Becker (1920-1941), German Mechanikersgefreiter A. who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Walter Becker (1921-1941), German Schreibersgefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Ernst Becker (1922-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
Eberhard Becker (1923-1941), German Feuerwerksgefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 7
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Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details