Bickel Surname
Approximately 19,163 people bear this surname
Bickel Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from an acronym/abbreviation) Either from Bickel, the German for pick-axe and denotes someone who used this tool in his work. Or an acronym for bene yisrael kedoshim leadonai “the children of Israel are holy unto God.
Read More About This SurnameBickel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,918 | 1:36,546 | 4,539 |
| Germany | 6,268 | 1:12,844 | 1,666 |
| Switzerland | 822 | 1:9,991 | 1,631 |
| Austria | 711 | 1:11,977 | 1,679 |
| Brazil | 435 | 1:492,125 | 18,578 |
| France | 325 | 1:204,378 | 31,769 |
| Israel | 145 | 1:59,018 | 7,544 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Australia | 86 | 1:313,904 | 27,145 |
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100 | 1:243,754 | 17,902 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,694 | 1:29,645 | 3,607 |
Bickel (34) may also be a first name.
Bickel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from an acronym/abbreviation) Either from Bickel, the German for pick-axe and denotes someone who used this tool in his work. Or an acronym for bene yisrael kedoshim leadonai “the children of Israel are holy unto God.”
The name of De Bickel was established in the Teignbridge hundred 600 years ago (H. R.), and the Bickles are yet found in the neighbouring Tavistock hundred. Bykehille was in the 13th century a place in the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, Somerset (H. R.).
Bickel Demographics
Average Bickel Salary in
United States
$45,239 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Bickel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bickel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bickel is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bickel.
How Common Is The Last Name Bickel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,046th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 380,293 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Bickel live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name in the world, held by 34 people.
This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 9,918 people, or 1 in 36,546. In The United States Bickel is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, Indiana, where 9 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 33 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.
Bickel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bickel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bickel surname rose 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bickel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bickel are 20.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.59% being registered with the party.
The amount Bickel earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 34.81% less than the national average, earning 225,621 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $45,239 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.83% less than the national average, earning $48,774 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
Bickel Reference & Research
Pickel FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bickel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis