Last Name BABCOCK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Little Bab, or Bartholomew; from 'Bab,' a nickname for Bartholomew, and 'cock,' small, little, a son; 'cic,' 'cock,' 'el,' and 'et' are diminutives, and include the ideas of kindness and tenderness, associated with smallness of same. It may be from 'Bob,' the nickname for Robert; 'Bobcock,' the son of 'Robert,' 'Robertson.'
Origin Jewish

Rank 1,508 (2000 US census) 1,702 (1990 US census)
Count 21,769 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.8%, or 20855 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.53%, or 115 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.49%, or 107 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.45%, or 98 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.2%, or 261 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 333 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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