Bickerton

English

Etymology

From Old English bēocere (“beekeeper”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

Proper noun

Bickerton (countable and uncountable, plural Bickertons)

1. A village in civil parish, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ07548).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bickertonite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bickerton is the 35016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 644 individuals. Bickerton is most common among White (91.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bickerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 155.

Anagrams

• tickborne