How common is the surname Bicknell?

3,389 people in the United States had the surname Bicknell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,102 Americans. It ranked 9,592nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bicknell?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bicknell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bicknell?

Clarence Bicknell, British botanist and archaeologist (1842-1918), followed by Eugene Pintard Bicknell.

Where is the surname Bicknell most common?

Wikidata records people named Bicknell in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Bicknell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,389 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Bicknell

A surname, carried by 3,389 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B254

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bicknell is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,389 people named Bicknell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,102 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,206.

#9,592

rank among US surnames

3,389

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,331)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,583	Woodrum	3,392	91,022
#9,587	Kegley	3,391	91,049
#9,590	Cendejas	3,390	91,075
#9,592	Bicknell	3,389	91,102
#9,593	Costantino	3,388	91,129
#9,594	Hoelscher	3,387	91,156
#9,596	Keever	3,386	91,183

Who is named Bicknell

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

93% of people named Bicknell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bicknells

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clarence Bicknell
British botanist and archaeologist (1842-1918)
Eugene Pintard Bicknell
American botanist and ornithologist (1859-1925)

Notable Bicknells come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bicknell

Bicknell has the Soundex code B254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B254.

Questions

How common is the surname Bicknell?: 3,389 people in the United States had the surname Bicknell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,102 Americans. It ranked 9,592nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bicknell?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bicknell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bicknell?: Clarence Bicknell, British botanist and archaeologist (1842-1918), followed by Eugene Pintard Bicknell.
Where is the surname Bicknell most common?: Wikidata records people named Bicknell in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Bicknell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,389 in 2010, up 5.7%.