Frequency: (2484)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Galician and Spanish: nickname, probably for a high-spirited person, from becerra ‘young cow’, ‘heifer’. It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 53%. Jose (86), Juan (46), Jesus (32), Manuel (29), Carlos (28), Miguel (24), Luis (21), Rafael (21), Pedro (18), Ramon (18), Francisco (17), Jorge (16).
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