Batchelor Surname

18,058th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa

Batchelor 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.

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Batchelor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,5721:26,7063,351
England9,4481:5,897840
Australia2,9441:9,1701,364
Canada9981:36,9194,687
New Zealand9521:4,757769
Scotland6081:8,8061,272
South Africa4361:124,26114,653
Jamaica3931:7,303866
Wales3041:10,1791,126
Samoa1621:1,196373
Northern Ireland1201:15,3752,088
France981:677,78386,620
Singapore861:64,0432,603
Panama481:81,5053,340
Thailand451:1,569,741208,465
Antigua and Barbuda411:2,419382
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
Denmark391:144,73612,759
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Gibraltar161:2,122483
Norway131:395,56035,657
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
India61:127,844,230863,365
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Malta41:107,5681,849
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
China31:455,773,85521,925
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belize11:355,4743,977
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,7061:5,180785
Scotland3091:12,1141,464
Wales641:24,5071,407
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3791:36,4174,323

Batchelor (22) may also be a first name.

Batchelor 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.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(English), Bachelor, Knight. Knights bachelor were those who did not possess four “bachelles” of land, the amount requisite to display a banner.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Dutch, Baggelaar; from the French, Bachelet; from the German, Bachaly; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Batchelor Demographics

Average Batchelor Salary in
United States

$41,652 USD

Per year
Rank:
697,311 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00345581
Rank: 3,575 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
96.53%
Sample size: 7,076 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Batchelor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Batchelor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Batchelor is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Batchelor.

How Common Is The Last Name Batchelor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 18,058th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 238,490 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Batchelor are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 22 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 13,572 people, or 1 in 26,706. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 61 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Batchelor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Batchelor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Batchelor last name grew 984 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 475 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Batchelor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States Batchelor are 8.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.73% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Batchelor earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.2% more than the national average, earning 457,513 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 99.39% more than the national average, earning R 473,820 per year; in United States they earn 3.47% less than the national average, earning $41,652 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.89% more than the national average, earning $55,590 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Batchellor95124/
Batchelour9520/
Batcheloer955/
Batchelore953/
Bathchelor953/
Beatchelor951/
Batchaelor951/
Bachelor942,238/
Batcelor940/
Batchelar89369/
Bachellor8998/
Bathcelor8911/
Betchelor894/
Batcholor894/
Batzhelor892/
Batchalor892/
Bachetlor891/
Botchelor890/
Beachelor890/
Batchilor890/
Bachelore890/
Batchelorová861/
Batchellar841/
Bashelor8226/
Bachelar825/
Vachelor822/
Bachilor820/
Bachelard781,968/
Bachelart78515/
Bacheilar781/
Bachellar781/
Beuchelor780/
Batcholar780/
Bacelar7512,524/
Bachellard7422/
Batchillar741/
Bouchelour741/
Beichelour741/
Bascelar714/
Bachilar713/
Baccelar712/
Bachillar6769/
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