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

Bickett, 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 Bickett surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bickett in America

Bickett is the 16593rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bickett surname appeared 1,728 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Bickett.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bickett 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 Bickett

The surname BICKETT originates from England in the early 13th century. It is derived from the Old English words "bic" meaning "beak or projection" and "get" meaning "a young goat or kid". The name likely referred to someone who had a beaked or prominent nose, or it may have been an occupational surname for a goatherder.

The earliest recorded instance of the name BICKETT can be found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, where a John Bicket is listed as a resident of Oxfordshire. The name also appears in the Suffolk Feet of Fines of 1310, where a Richard Byket is mentioned.

During the medieval period, the name was often spelled in various ways, such as Byket, Biket, Bikette, and Bykette, reflecting the regional dialects and the lack of standardized spelling at the time.

In the 16th century, the BICKETT surname is found in the Subsidy Rolls of 1523 for Warwickshire, where a William Bykett is listed. The name is also recorded in the Parish Registers of St. Mary's Church in Chelmsford, Essex, in 1574, with the baptism of a child named Thomas Bickett.

Notable individuals with the surname BICKETT include:

1. Robert Bickett (1720-1786), a British merchant and landowner in Virginia, USA.
2. James Bickett (1782-1852), an American politician and lawyer from West Virginia.
3. William Bickett (1834-1911), a British artist and painter known for his landscape paintings.
4. Thomas Bickett (1869-1921), an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of North Carolina.
5. John Bickett (1940-2017), an American judge and legal scholar who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

The BICKETT surname has also been associated with various place names in England, such as Bickett's Green in Worcestershire and Bickett's Farm in Hertfordshire, suggesting that some of the earliest bearers of the name may have been landowners or resided in these areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bickett

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

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 Bickett 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 Bickett 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 Bickett was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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