The Bickel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,903 people carried this name — #4,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
611 people named Bickel live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 273 people named Bickel.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
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