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    The surname Bigelow

    An English place surname, carried by 11,650 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɪɡəloʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex B240

    Bigelow: #3,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bigelow #3,086, 11,650 people Bigelow: #3,086 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bigelow #3,086, 11,650 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bigelow is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).

    Bigelow 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 11,650 people named Bigelow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,502 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,354.

    #3,086
    rank among US surnames
    11,650
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,910)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,077Blakely11,66926,459
    #3,078McAlister11,66526,468
    #3,079Lyman11,66426,470
    #3,080Sommer11,66226,474
    #3,082McHenry11,66026,479
    #3,083Cason11,65726,486
    #3,084Faulk11,65626,488

    Who is named Bigelow

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

    87% of people named Bigelow identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bigelows

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kathryn Bigelow
      American filmmaker (born 1951)
    • Bam Bam Bigelow
      American professional wrestler (1961-2007)
    • Jacob Bigelow
      American botanist, physician, and educational reformer (1787-1879)
    • Julian Bigelow
      American computer scientist (1913-2003)
    • John Bigelow
      American diplomat, lawyer and politician (1817–1911)
    • Henry Bryant Bigelow
      American oceanographer (1879–1967)
    • Howard Elson Bigelow
      American mycologist (1923-1987)
    • Henry Jacob Bigelow
      American surgeon (1818–1890)
    • Charles Bigelow
      American graphic and type designer, born 1945
    • Poultney Bigelow
      American writer (1855–1954)
    • Bob Bigelow
      American basketball player (1953–2020)
    • John Milton Bigelow
      American botanist (1804-1878)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Biglow

    Surnames that sound like Bigelow

    Bigelow has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bigelow come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).
    How common is the surname Bigelow?
    11,650 people in the United States had the surname Bigelow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,502 Americans. It ranked 3,086th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bigelow?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bigelow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bigelow?
    Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker (born 1951), followed by Bam Bam Bigelow.
    Where is the surname Bigelow most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bigelow in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Bigelow?
    Bigelow is /ˈbɪɡəloʊ/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bigelow?
    Bigelow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bigelow getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,650 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Bigelow?
    Biglow.