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
School 774
Labourer 62
Coal Miner Hewer 62
General Servant (domestic) 58
Farm Labourer 46
Dressmaker 40
General Labourer 37
Private Means 37
None 36
Bricklayer 34
At School 30
Domestic Servant 28
House Keeper 24
No Occupation 22
Laundress 20
Scholar 19
Carter 18
Dress Maker 18
General Servant Domestic 18
Farmer 17
Clerk 17
Housekeeper 16
Cook (domestic) 16
Milliner 15
Domestic 14

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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