# Biddle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/biddle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,219 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,840 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,490 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (9,085 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Biddell |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Biddle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Biddle in the United States.

## People named Biddle

- Nicholas Biddle, American financier, banker (1786-1844)
- Virginia Biddle, American performer (1910–2003)
- William P. Biddle, 11th Commandant of the Marine Corps
- Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician (1885-1940)
- James Biddle, American commodore 1783-1848

## Similar surnames

Bittle, Bodle, Bidwell, Battle, Botello, Badillo, Bethel, Bedolla, Bedell, Botelho, Boutwell, Bedwell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.