Bachelor is used as a family name or surname in Dutch, Latin. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bachelor
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Dutch, Latin
Meaning: From the Dutch Bock, a book and leeraar, a doctor of divinity, law or physic. When applied to persons of a certain military rank, it may be a corruption of Bas chevalier, because lower in dignity than milites bannereti. It is believed that the soldier who has once been engaged in battle is called battalarius, so he who has once been engaged in literary warfare in public dispute upon a subject. While other scholars believe that those who took the degree of Bachelor, were so called because a chaplet of laurel berries was placed upon them. The word however, has probably but one origin which would account for its various applications.

How popular is Bachelor?

Bachelor is common in United States.

Bachelor is ranked 165764 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bachelors plummeted by 1.495017 per cent to 1186 since 2000 and slipped by 1411 spots and ranked at 21895. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.56 78.41
Black 16.44 17.19
Hispanic or Latino 3.46 2.49
Others 2.87 1
Bachelor is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in United States Virgin Islands. Around 2209 people have been found who wears Bachelor as their family name. Bachelor is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
119,730 Brazil3
90,215 Germany3
32,086 Mexico3
108,034 Italy3
4,104 South Korea2
12,161 Wales2
26,123 Malaysia2
7,574 Bangladesh2
16,073 Latvia1
28,746 Algeria1
1,879 Belize1
50,549 Georgia1
37,493 Austria1
8,268 Mauritius1
107,212 South Africa1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,211 Brunei1
49,101 Denmark1
31,207 Ireland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
17,236 Ghana1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
387,178 India23
886 United States Virgin Islands18
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
44,254 Canada71
Countries with hundreds of Bachelor:
19,128 England280
66,174 France147
20,531 Australia123
Countries with thousands of Bachelor:
21,359 United States1,489
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Bachelor Namesakes

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