Babcock is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Babcock
No. of characters: 7
Origin: English
Meaning: Little Bab or Bartholomew; from Bab, a nickname for Bartholomew, and cock, small, little, a son and cic, cock, el and e are diminutives and include the ideas of kindness and tenderness, associated with smallness of size. I can also be from Bob, the nickname for Robert hence Babcock, the son of Robert as in Robertson.

How popular is Babcock?

Babcock is common in United States.

Babcock is ranked 17405 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Babcock bearers increased by 1.134641 per cent in 2010 US census to 22016 since 2000, the surname slipped by 130 spots and ranked at 1638. The last name was found in around 75 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.17 95.8
Hispanic or Latino 2.41 1.53
Others 1.63 1.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.49
Black 0.59 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.45
Babcock is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 30061 people have been found who wears Babcock as their family name. Babcock is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
7,113 Costa Rica5
1,014,159 India4
32,695 Nigeria3
4,104 South Korea2
28,083 Romania2
54,135 Philippines2
3,014 Taiwan2
40,256 Mexico2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,235 Belize2
2,401 Honduras2
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,625 Japan2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
900 Laos2
17,575 Kuwait1
3,275 Nepal1
277,603 France1
810,193 Indonesia1
62,864 New Zealand1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
897,276 Russia1
34,581 Chile1
169,904 Brazil1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,292 Vietnam1
29,774 Venezuela1
17,768 Pakistan1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
47,891 Norway1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
49,529 Israel1
118,015 Netherlands1
573 Vanuatu1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,834 Australia39
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
72,056 Italy78
57,588 Argentina75
Countries with hundreds of Babcock:
38,477 Germany269
30,207 England151
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Babcock:
1,813 Canada2,793
Countries with ten thousands of Babcock:
1,491 United States26,418
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Babcock Namesakes

  • Martha Babcock Greene Amory, Author
  • Barbara Babcock, Character actress
  • Barbara Babcock, Character actress
  • Becca Babcock, Actress
  • Stephen Moulton Babcock, Chemist
  • Carolin Babcock, Tennis player
  • Courtney Babcock, Olympic athlete
  • Barbara Babcock, Character actress
  • Harold D. Babcock, Astronomer
  • Barbara Babcock, Character actress
  • Carter Babcock, from 2015 horror flick Love Letters, who portrayed the Braxton Byland.
  • In 2005 drama flick, Flicker, Mary Jane Babcock played Jane's Mother.
  • Robert Babcock played pivotal character of Dianna's Date in 2019 drama film Sweet Inspirations.
  • In 2010, Curt Babcock portrayed the role of Tommy in action and comedy film Hello My Name Is Linda.
  • Neil Babcock played the leading role of James in 2012 drama movie I Was a Boy.

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