How common is the surname Bickel?

7,035 people in the United States had the surname Bickel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,887 Americans. It ranked 4,990th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bickel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bickel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bickel?

Fredric March, American actor (1897–1975).

Where is the surname Bickel most common?

Wikidata records people named Bickel in the United States.

Is the surname Bickel getting more or less common?

More common. 6,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,035 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Bickel

A surname, carried by 7,035 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bickel is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

From an Old English surname, from Bickleigh in Devon, from the personal name Bicca (“pickaxe”) + leah (“wooded area”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,035 people named Bickel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,887 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,903.

#4,990

rank among US surnames

7,035

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,695)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,981	Spurgeon	7,047	43,812
#4,983	Brumley	7,046	43,819
#4,984	Brownell	7,045	43,825
#4,985	McKelvey	7,043	43,837
#4,986	Palm	7,041	43,850
#4,987	Roderick	7,039	43,862
#4,989	Hargrave	7,037	43,875

Who is named Bickel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Bickel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bickels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fredric March
American actor (1897–1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Bickell

Surnames that sound like Bickel

Bickel has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

Questions

Where does the surname Bickel come from?: From an Old English surname, from Bickleigh in Devon, from the personal name Bicca (“pickaxe”) + leah (“wooded area”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.
How common is the surname Bickel?: 7,035 people in the United States had the surname Bickel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,887 Americans. It ranked 4,990th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bickel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bickel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bickel?: Fredric March, American actor (1897–1975).
Where is the surname Bickel most common?: Wikidata records people named Bickel in the United States.
Is the surname Bickel getting more or less common?: More common. 6,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,035 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Bickel?: Bickell.