How common is the surname Bickerstaff?

2,014 people in the United States had the surname Bickerstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bickerstaff?

J. B. Bickerstaff, American basketball coach, followed by Bernie Bickerstaff.

Where is the surname Bickerstaff most common?

Wikidata records people named Bickerstaff in the United States.

Is the surname Bickerstaff getting more or less common?

More common. 1,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Bickerstaff

A surname, carried by 2,014 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bickerstaff is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bickerstaffe.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,014 people named Bickerstaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,972.

#14,749

rank among US surnames

2,014

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,030)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,748	McCraney	2,015	153,224
#14,749	Austria	2,014	153,300
#14,755	Dittrich	2,013	153,376

Who is named Bickerstaff

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

78% of people named Bickerstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bickerstaffs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. B. Bickerstaff
American basketball coach, born 1979
Bernie Bickerstaff
American basketball coach and executive, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bickerstaff

Bickerstaff has the Soundex code B262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B262.

Questions

Where does the surname Bickerstaff come from?: Variant of Bickerstaffe.
How common is the surname Bickerstaff?: 2,014 people in the United States had the surname Bickerstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bickerstaff?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bickerstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bickerstaff?: J. B. Bickerstaff, American basketball coach, followed by Bernie Bickerstaff.
Where is the surname Bickerstaff most common?: Wikidata records people named Bickerstaff in the United States.
Is the surname Bickerstaff getting more or less common?: More common. 1,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, up 2.1%.