Betar

surname · Latin script

Meaning: An ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈbɛtɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Betar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 12K
  • CNChina≈1 in 110K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

An ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt. Now the site of the Palestinian village of Battir.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Betar 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.

Where Betar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈13,000 est.≈1 in 110K—Betar1
IN India≈2,300 est.≈1 in 569K—Betar1
SY Syria≈1,600 est.≈1 in 12K—Betar5
US United States2091 in 1.6M230Betar123
TZ Tanzania≈190 est.≈1 in 304K—Betar1
AU Australia≈97 est.≈1 in 262K—Betar53

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. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Betar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Syria

    Also written Bétar

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Syria, Netherlands

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Бетар

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Betar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, to act like a beta male, to simp i.e. to be excessively kind to a woman to get her romantic or sexual interest

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In sea, stink bean; bitter bean (Parkia speciosa).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, indefinite plural of bet

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In frp, to put

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, Tumor, inflamación de ganglio. "Tuberculosis" edo "idorberiya"; idorberi onek ditu berekiñ "betar" edo "gorgillak" . IArt Itzald II 44.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • TimTheTatmanb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican Twitch streamer and Internet personality (born 1990)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Betar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000230#77,472
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010209#88,685
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020203#96,193
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Where does the name Betar come from?
An ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt. Now the site of the Palestinian village of Battir. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Betar?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɛtɑɹ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
What does the name Betar mean?
Recorded meaning: An ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt.
In which country does Betar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Betar in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled betar.
How common is the name Betar?
In the United States, the national register counted 209 people named Betar in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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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, “Betar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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