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.).
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Bickel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bickel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bickel occurs most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bickel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bickel? popularity and diffusion
Bickel is the 28,046th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 380,293 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Bickel reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 9,918 people, or 1 in 36,546. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent live, Indiana, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 54 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.
Bickel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bickel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bickel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bickel surname are 20.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.59% 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.
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Bickel Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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