Hickman Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Hickman Name Meaning: An occupational name denoting a Servant of a man called 'Hick'. Hick is from the medieval personal name 'Hicke' a pet form of Richard.

The name Richard indicated a strong,brave and powerful person. Ric 'powerful' + hard 'brave'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hickman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hickman family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 677
Coal Miner 97
Agricultural Labourer 72
General Labourer 61
Dress Maker 50
Domestic Servant 41
Living On Her Own Means 36
Labourer 30
Living On Own Means 25
General Servant Domestic 24
Tailoress 22
Iron Worker 20
Laundress 20
General Servant 17
General Domestic Servant 17
Butcher 16
Grocer 15
Brick Layer 15
Farm Labourer 13
House Keeper 11
Gardener 11
Farmer 10
Iron Moulder 10
Nail Maker 10
Shoe Finisher 9

Hickman Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hickman 100% 34,342
2 Hackman 86% 2,821
3 Huckman 86% 812
4 Heckman 86% 741
5 Hockman 86% 237

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The surname Hickman is the most popular version of all its varients

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