Bidgood Surname

187,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Bidgood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bidgood,' originally Biggegod, one of a fairly large class of personal names ending in good; compare Scattergood. The early form is Biggegod.

John Biggegod, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Bidgood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia6231:43,3325,501
England5901:94,43710,093
United States5331:680,03654,089
Canada2091:176,29517,615
Wales861:35,9833,576
Northern Ireland661:27,9553,011
South Africa621:873,83457,209
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Scotland301:178,4619,900
France31:22,140,907385,998
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5651:43,1425,410
Wales281:56,0152,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:288,61323,092

Bidgood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bidgood,' originally Biggegod, one of a fairly large class of personal names ending in good; compare Scattergood. The early form is Biggegod.

John Biggegod, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1606. Nicholas Bidgood and Alice Howe: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1621. George Bidegood, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1798. Married — James Burrows and Ellen Bidgood: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) prob. from an Anglo-Saxon pers name *Beadgod [Old English beadu, war, battle + god] or its Continental cognate.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name may mean "good or noble in war," or "a good counsellor" (Anglo-Saxon beado, beada, counsellor; Gaelic god, good, noble, kind). The Anglo-Saxon guth-boda would mean "a war messenger." The Old Norse bodi is a messenger, and gunn, gunnur, gud, Old High German, gund, gunt, war.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Bidacott; a location name in Devon.

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

Bidgood Last Name Facts

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

Bidgood is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bidgood? popularity and diffusion

Bidgood is the 187,487th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,230,295 people. Bidgood occurs predominantly in Europe, where 34 percent of Bidgood live; 34 percent live in Northern Europe and 34 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 43,332. In Australia Bidgood is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 67 percent are found, New South Wales, where 16 percent are found and Victoria, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Australia it is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 24 percent are found.

Bidgood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bidgood has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 306 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 307 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bidgood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bidgood last name are 2.75% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.48% registered with the party.

The amount Bidgood earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.47% less than the national average, earning R 153,336 per year; in United States they earn 12.47% more than the national average, earning $48,528 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $49,715 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hbidgood931/
Bedgood861,905/
Bitgood86251/
Bidgooz861/
Bidod8313/
Bidgo834/
Bedggood801,050/
Beddgood801/
Bedgoods800/
Bidoud7713/
Bidgou7710/
Baidod775/
Boidod774/
Bedgod772/
Bedgoo771/
Bhaidod712/
Bedggod712/
Bidingo711/
Bidengo711/
Betgood710/
Bidad671,693/
Bidot671,031/
Bidga6713/
Bedod6710/
Bedgo676/
Vidod673/
Baidingo671/

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