Batcheler Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Batcheler Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the bachelor,' a young knight, member of a guild, an unmarried man.
John le Bachiler, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas le Bacheler, Oxfordshire, ibid.
William le Bacheler, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBatcheler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 186 | 1:1,948,704 | 125,871 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| New Zealand | 58 | 1:78,075 | 11,384 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 89 | 1:273,881 | 19,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 206 | 1:243,780 | 20,311 |
Batcheler Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the bachelor,' a young knight, member of a guild, an unmarried man.
John le Bachiler, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Nicholas le Bacheler, Oxfordshire, ibid.
William le Bacheler, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Magg' (Margaret) Bacheler, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Jordan le Bacheler. Calendarium Genealogicum.
Gilbert le Bacholer. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
1621. William Batcheler, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1651. Thomas Funston to Cassandria Batchler: St. Mary Aldermary.
Abraham Ridder, batchler, to Jane Parsons, vergin: ibid.
(1) Probably from the office of bacularius (LL.), corresponding to usher, or (2) from LL. baccalarius holder or tenant of a small farm. William Bacheler, burgess of Haddington, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 197), and John de Luss is mentioned in 1316 as bacularius of Robert I. David Bachetar was serjeant of Forfar in 1472 (Laing), Adam Bachiler was "meseinger til our Souerane Lord" in 1476 (SCM., V, p. 25), William Batchler in Rakmure of the Mains of Stradichty, 1598, and four more of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of St. Andrews, James Bachlar in Easthills of Carmyllie, 1637 (Brechin), and Andrew Batchlar at Craigend of Moncrieff, 1652 (Dunblane). In 1665 the name appears disguised as Besler and Beseler (Jervise, I, p. 202), and Baisler is the popular pronunciation of the name in Perthshire and Angus. Margaret Baisler was married in Edinburgh in 1668 (Edinb. Marr.: the only one of the name here listed), and John Basslour appears in Heughead of Guthrie, 1686 (Brechin). Batcheller 1693.
(Anglo-French) Bachelor, Young Knight. [Middle English O.F. bacheler (Low Latin baccalarius), perh. from Old French bac(h)el, a young person] Love hadde with hym a bacheler . . .
Swete Lokyng cleped [called] was he.
—Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 918,920.
The word bachelor has long been a sore puzzle to etymologists. Whatever its origin, it seems to imply something inchoate-the partial achievement of a desired object; thus a bachelor of arts, laws, &c., is one who having attained a certain scholastic honour, aspires after the higher degree of master or doctor; so a knight-bachelor is one who in the exercise of chivalry has won his spurs, but hopes to be elected into some order; while the bachelor of common life is one, who having attained the age of manhood, has not yet taken a position necessary to the proper fulfilment of the social relation-that of marriage. The surname may have been applied originally to persons in this imperfect condition, either in the scholastic, the chivalric, or the social sense.
Batcheler Demographics
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Batcheler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Batcheler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Batcheler is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Batcheler? popularity and diffusion
Batcheler is the 714,947th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Batcheler are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 1,948,704. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 20 percent live, Iowa, where 17 percent live and Missouri, where 11 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent live and New Zealand, where 14 percent live.
Batcheler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Batcheler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Batcheler last name fell 10 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Batcheler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Batcheler surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Batcheler last name are 24.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.74% being registered with the party.
Batcheler earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.13% less than the national average, earning $37,913 USD per year.
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