Biggerstaff Surname

97,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,883 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Biggerstaff Surname Definition:

For Bickerstaff, q.v.

Biggerstaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2181:85,9319,716
England3551:156,95214,819
Northern Ireland1361:13,5661,922
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Canada441:837,40065,151
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
France61:11,070,454349,096
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1961:124,36411,707
Scotland231:162,7496,621
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5931:84,6868,830

Biggerstaff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Bickerstaff, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Biggerstaff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Biggerstaff (Russian: Биггерстафф) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Biggerstaff? popularity and diffusion

Biggerstaff is the 97,236th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,492,432 people. The surname Biggerstaff is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Biggerstaff reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Biggerstaff is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,218 people, or 1 in 85,931. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 17 percent are found, California, where 6 percent are found and Indiana, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 3 percent are found.

Biggerstaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Biggerstaff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Biggerstaff last name expanded 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 291 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Biggerstaff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Biggerstaff surname is primarily Presbyterian (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Biggerstaff last name are 21.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.04% registered with the party.

The amount Biggerstaff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.84% less than the national average, earning $42,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.25% less than the national average, earning $45,086 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Biggerstaff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Biggerstaff in the Russian language
Биггерстаффbiggerstaff-

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Biggerstaff Reference & Research

Bickerstaff FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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