Last Name BICKLEY

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Meaning Local: Of Bickleigh, a parish in county Devon, four miles from Tiverton; or a parish in the same county seven miles from Plymouth; or 'of Bickley,' a township in the parish of Malpas, county Chester.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 10,956 (2000 US census) 10,669 (1990 US census)
Count 2,664 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.27%, or 2325 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.8%, or 261 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.23%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.23%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.9%, or 24 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.58%, or 42 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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