Bickel
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old English surname, from Bickleigh in Devon, from the personal name Bicca (“pickaxe”) + leah (“wooded area”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bickel is the 4990th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7035 individuals. Bickel is most common among White (95.58%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bickel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 155.
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