Find out how popular the last name Bickerton is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bickerton.

Bickerton, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bickerton surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bickerton in America

Bickerton is the 35016th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bickerton surname appeared 644 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Bickerton.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bickerton to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bickerton

The surname Bickerton originated in the English counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire during the late 12th century. It is derived from the Old English words "bic" meaning brook or stream, and "tun" meaning an enclosure or settlement, referring to a place near a stream. The earliest known spelling variations include Bickerton, Bikerton, and Bykerton.

One of the first recorded instances of the name can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Lancashire from 1199, which mention a William de Bickerton. The Bickerton family held land and resided in the village of Bickerton, near Malpas in Cheshire, during the 13th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 does not contain any direct references to the surname, but it does mention the settlement of Bickerton.

In the 14th century, John de Bickerton, born around 1310, was a prominent landowner and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War under King Edward III. His son, William Bickerton, born in 1345, inherited the family estates and served as a member of the English Parliament in 1376.

During the 16th century, Thomas Bickerton, born in 1520, was a noted scholar and theologian who attended Oxford University and later served as the Rector of Wolverhampton from 1562 until his death in 1588.

In the 17th century, Edward Bickerton, born in 1619, was a renowned English Puritan minister who emigrated to New England in 1636 and served as the first minister of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

One of the most famous individuals with the Bickerton surname was Sir Richard Bickerton, born in 1727, who served as a distinguished naval officer during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars. He was knighted for his military service in 1795 and later became a baronet.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bickerton

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bickerton.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bickerton was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bickerton has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bickerton was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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