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    The surname Bidwell

    An English place surname, carried by 4,667 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B340

    Bidwell: #7,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bidwell #7,167, 4,667 people Bidwell: #7,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bidwell #7,167, 4,667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bidwell is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).

    Bidwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,667 people named Bidwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,155 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,621.

    #7,167
    rank among US surnames
    4,667
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,729)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,162Marcial4,67066,113
    #7,164Arzola4,66966,127
    #7,165Rook4,66866,141
    #7,167Lomas4,66766,155
    #7,171Arneson4,66566,183
    #7,173Celaya4,66466,198

    Who is named Bidwell

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

    95% of people named Bidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bidwells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Bidwell
      American politician (1819-1900)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bidwell

    Bidwell has the Soundex code B340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B340.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bidwell come from?
    From Old English byden (“tub, vat”) + wella (“spring, well”).
    How common is the surname Bidwell?
    4,667 people in the United States had the surname Bidwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,155 Americans. It ranked 7,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bidwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bidwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bidwell?
    John Bidwell, American politician (1819-1900).
    Where is the surname Bidwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bidwell in the United States.
    What type of surname is Bidwell?
    Bidwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bidwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,667 in 2010, up 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Bidwell?
    Bedwell and Bodwell.