Becenti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Navajo, itself from Spanish Vicente.

Proper noun

Becenti (plural Becentis)

1. A surname from Navajo [in turn from Spanish].
2. A census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Becenti is the 26576^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 917 individuals. Becenti is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (93.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Becenti, New Mexico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Becenti”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.
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