Beck
family name
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Summary
Beck is a family name[1]. Beck ranks in the top 1% of family name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (395 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: occupational surname[3], locational surname[4]
- Named after: baker[5], brook[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Beck (surname)[8]
- Language of work or name: German[9], English[10], Danish[11]
- Said to be the same as: Beckmann[12], Beckman[13], Becker[14], Beckerman[15], Bäcker[16], Beke[17], Becke[18], Becka[19]
- Described by source: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen A-J[20], Unsere Familiennamen[21], Q87031740[22], Deutsches Namenlexikon[23], Atlas der Familiennamen von Bayern[24]
- Native label: Beck[25]
- Different from: Beck[26], Bäk[27]
- Has list: list of people with the family name Beck[28]
- Soundex: B200[29]
- Cologne phonetics: 14[30]
- Caverphone: PK1111[31], PK11111111[32]
- Surname for other gender: Q106065407[33]
- Attested in: frequency of family names in the Czech Republic[34], Internet Dictionary of Polish Surnames[35]
Why It Matters
Beck is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]