How common is the surname Biggerstaff?

3,035 people in the United States had the surname Biggerstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Biggerstaff getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Biggerstaff

A surname, carried by 3,035 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Biggerstaff is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bickerstaffe.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,035 people named Biggerstaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,132.

#10,560

rank among US surnames

3,035

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,552	Basler	3,038	101,628
#10,553	Hilty	3,037	101,661
#10,555	Magness	3,036	101,695
#10,560	Biggerstaff	3,035	101,728
#10,563	Nadler	3,034	101,762
#10,565	Mullikin	3,033	101,795

Who is named Biggerstaff

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

94% of people named Biggerstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Biggerstaff

Biggerstaff has the Soundex code B262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B262.

Questions

Where does the surname Biggerstaff come from?: Variant of Bickerstaffe.
How common is the surname Biggerstaff?: 3,035 people in the United States had the surname Biggerstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,728 Americans. It ranked 10,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Biggerstaff?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Biggerstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Biggerstaff getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,035 in 2010, down 3.1%.