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

Bickling, 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 Bickling surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bickling in America

Bickling is the 132206th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bickling surname appeared 128 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 Bickling.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bickling 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 Bickling

The surname Bickling is believed to have originated in England during the late medieval period. It is thought to be derived from the Old English words "bic" meaning a brook or stream, and "ling" meaning a heather-covered hill or meadow. This suggests that the name may have been first used to describe someone who lived near a stream or brook on a heather-covered hill or meadow.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Feet of Fines records from the county of Lincolnshire in 1389, where a person named John Byclyng is mentioned. The spelling "Bickling" itself appears in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1502, referring to a person named Thomas Byckling.

The name Bickling has also been linked to various place names in England, such as Bickling in Norfolk, which was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bikelinga". This further reinforces the theory that the name originated as a locational surname, describing someone who came from a place called Bickling.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the surname Bickling. One example is John Bickling (c. 1590 - 1647), an English clergyman and author who served as the Archdeacon of Stow in Lincolnshire. Another is William Bickling (1673 - 1744), an English landowner and member of parliament for the borough of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire.

In the 17th century, there was a family of Bicklings who were prominent landowners in the county of Norfolk. One member of this family was Sir Henry Bickling (1621 - 1692), who served as the High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1674. Later, in the 18th century, there was a notable clergyman named Thomas Bickling (1702 - 1776), who was the vicar of St. Mary's Church in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Another individual of note with this surname was Sir Richard Bickling (1845 - 1922), a British civil engineer and surveyor who worked on various railway projects in India and South Africa during the late 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bickling

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

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

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