Bigelow Surname

30,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Bigelow Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller on, or near, the barley hill; one who came from Baguley (ram’s woodland), the name of several places in England.

Bigelow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,5781:23,2672,926
Canada1,6031:22,9853,123
Australia1731:156,04516,383
Micronesia1001:1,062227
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
England341:1,638,76668,634
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8931:12,9001,655

Bigelow (48) may also be a first name.

Bigelow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller on, or near, the barley hill; one who came from Baguley (ram’s woodland), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

BIGALOW: Bygglu, in the Welsh, signifies to hector, to bully. In the Cornish-British, Bygel is a herdsman, a shepherd, and the name may have been applied to the commander of an army.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(New England), Baguley (English), Corner, Brook or Back field? Byga, a corner; bæc or bec, brook; bæc, back. John Biggely or Bigelow, of Watertown in 1642, was the son of Randle Baguley, of co. Suffolk.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Bigelow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bigelow (Arabic: بيغلو) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bigelow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 30,269th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 413,009 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Bigelow reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 48 people.

The last name Bigelow is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 15,578 people, or 1 in 23,267. In The United States it is most numerous in: Michigan, where 10 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and New York, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States Bigelow occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Bigelow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bigelow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bigelow surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 283 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bigelow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bigelow last name are 11.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.25% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bigelow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.75% more than the national average, earning $45,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.67% less than the national average, earning $47,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biggelow931/
Bigielow931/
Bigelowe930/
Bigalow86163/
Bigleow868/
Begelow865/
Bigilow865/
Bigolow864/
Biselow862/
Bigelov862/
Vigelow861/
Bigelaw861/
Bicelow861/
Baigelov8036/
Bigelova808/
Bigallow801/
Baigelova7521/
Biegelhof750/
Vegelow713/
Bizelov711/
Begolow711/
Bigalov711/
Begilow710/
Begalow710/
Byselow710/
Beselow710/
Baygelov6758/
Baigalov674/
Bizelyov671/
Bigaylov671/
Baigolov671/
Begelova671/

Bigelow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bigelow in the Arabic language
بيغلوbyghlw-

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