Explore the Family Name Bidlack

The meaning of Bidlack

Probably an altered form of English Bidlake: habitational name from a place in the parish of Bridestow, Devon, named Bidlake, from an uncertain first element (perhaps a personal name) + Old English lacu ‘stream’.

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How common is the last name Bidlack in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bidlack has increased between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Bidlack ranked as the 38,771st most common name with a count of 536 people bearing this surname, which equated to about 0.2 per 100,000 people. By 2010, however, the popularity had risen to rank 34,495 with 656 people bearing the name, or around 0.22 per 100,000 people. This represents an increase in popularity by 11.03% and a rise in count by 22.39%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,771	#34,495	11.03%
Count	536	656	22.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.22	10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bidlack

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census shows a shift in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Bidlack from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 97.76% of those with the surname identified as white, while 1.12% identified as Asian or Pacific Islander. There were no individuals who identified as Hispanic, Black, of two or more races, or as American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, however, there was a slight decrease in the percentage identifying as white (at 95.88%) and a small emergence of those identifying as Hispanic (at 2.29%). Interestingly, the Asian or Pacific Islander category dropped to 0%, and a new category emerged with 0.76% identifying as of two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.76%	95.88%	-1.92%
Hispanic	0%	2.29%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.76%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.12%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%