Bachar
See also: bachař
English
Etymology
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Hebrew בֶּכֶר (békher), a Jewish Sephardic surname.
- Borrowed from Polish Bachar, perhaps a nickname from bach (“child”) or bachorz (“belly”).
- Americanized spelling of Slovene Bačar, a habitational surname from any of various places in Slovenia called Bača.
Proper noun
Bachar (plural Bachars)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bachar is the 39212th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Bachar is most common among White (85.92%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bachar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.