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Bicker Family History

Bicker Surname Meaning

Dutch and German: occupational name for a stonemason or someone who used or made pickaxes or chisel from bicke ‘pickaxe chisel’ + the agent suffix -er. Compare Bick.

English: occupational name for a beekeeper from Middle English biker beker (Old English bīcere bicere bēocere ‘one who keeps beehives, a beekeeper’). Bees were important in medieval England because their honey provided the only means of sweetening food (sugar being a more recent importation); honey was also used in preserving.

English: habitational name from Bicker in Lincolnshire or Byker in Tyne and Wear, both named with the Old English preposition bī ‘by, beside’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘wet ground, brushwood’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Bicker families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bicker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Bicker families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 62 Bicker families living in Kent. This was about 26% of all the recorded Bicker's in United Kingdom. Kent had the highest population of Bicker families in 1891.
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What did your Bicker ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Farmworker and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Bicker. 27% of Bicker men worked as a Farmworker and 74% of Bicker women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Bicker were Stockman and Housewife.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Farmworker
    27%
  • Gardener
    11%
  • Carpenter Joiner
    11%
  • Stockman
    11%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    74%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    5%
  • Incapacitated
    3%
  • Housewife
    3%

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Passenger Lists

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