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There are approximately 1,095 people named Bickerstaff in the UK. That makes it the 6,754th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 17 are named Bickerstaff.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Ireland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Bickerstaff surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BICKERSTAFF.* The definition is erroneous — the name being local, from Bickerstaffe, a township in the parish of Ormskirk, co. Lancaster, which in early times belonged to the family. It was sometimes written Bickerstath, whence Bickersteth.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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