How common is the surname Bickford?

7,728 people in the United States had the surname Bickford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,952 Americans. It ranked 4,590th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bickford?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bickford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bickford?

Charles Bickford, American actor (1891–1967), followed by James Bickford.

Where is the surname Bickford most common?

Wikidata records people named Bickford in the United States.

Is the surname Bickford getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,728 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Bickford

A surname, carried by 7,728 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bickford is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,728 people named Bickford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,952 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,752.

#4,590

rank among US surnames

7,728

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,234)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,581	Poland	7,746	39,859
#4,582	Coronel	7,745	39,864
#4,583	Lavender	7,744	39,869
#4,585	Frazer	7,743	39,874
#4,586	Barela	7,739	39,895
#4,587	Southern	7,738	39,900
#4,589	Bahr	7,731	39,936

Who is named Bickford

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

95% of people named Bickford identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bickfords

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Bickford
American actor (1891–1967)
James Bickford
Bobsledder (1912–1989)
Bruce Bickford
American animator (1947-2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bickford

Beckford

Bickford has the Soundex code B216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B216.

Questions

How common is the surname Bickford?: 7,728 people in the United States had the surname Bickford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,952 Americans. It ranked 4,590th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bickford?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bickford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bickford?: Charles Bickford, American actor (1891–1967), followed by James Bickford.
Where is the surname Bickford most common?: Wikidata records people named Bickford in the United States.
Is the surname Bickford getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,728 in 2010, down 0.3%.