Wicks Name Origin, Meaning and Family History
Wicks Name Meaning : Thought to derive from the latin 'vicus' which was a word used to describe a village/development on the outskirts of another larger settlement.
A name which may haven been given to someone who lived/worked in a development on the outskirts of a larger settlement of which it depended on, such as a dairy farm.
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Surname Distribution
Census frequency by county
Name Concentrations Within England and Wales
0
28
56
83
111
139
167
194
222
250
278
305
Buckinghamshire
18
Brecknockshire
16
Cambridgeshire
27
Cornwall
68
Derbyshire
1
Devon
64
Dorset
23
Essex
77
Glamorgan
1
Gloucestershire
101
Hampshire
50
Herefordshire
4
Hertfordshire
39
Hunts and Rutland
0
Kent
74
Leicestershire
7
Lincolnshire
1
London
526
Middlesex
55
Monmouthshire
9
Northumberland
9
Norfolk
205
Northamptonshire
4
Oxfordshire
32
Shropshire
3
Suffolk
67
Somerset
56
Surrey
155
Sussex
195
Staffordshire
5
Warwickshire
24
Wiltshire
333
Worcestershire
3
Yorkshire
16
Anglesey
0
Bedfordshire
0
Berkshire
0
Carnarvonshire
0
Cardiganshire
0
Channel Islands
0
Cheshire
0
Carmarthenshire
0
Cumberland
0
Denbighshire
0
Durham
0
Flintshire
0
Isle of Man
0
Lancashire
0
Merionethshire
0
Montgomeryshire
0
Nottinghamshire
0
Pembrokeshire
0
Radnorshire
0
Westmorland
0
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Wicks Surname Statistics
Top Professions for the Wicks family
Profession
Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer
198
Female Servant
95
Labourer
67
Independent
55
Male Servant
33
Carpenter
24
Cloth Worker
14
Farmer
13
Dress Maker
13
Gardener
12
Shoe Maker
11
Servant
11
Ag Labourer
10
Tailor
9
Weaver
9
Brick Layer
9
Pauper
8
Porter
7
Grocer
7
Sawyer
7
Baker
5
Mason
5
Apprentice
5
Bricklayer
5
Pupil
4
Most Frequent Forenames for Wicks
Wicks Surname Variants Ranking
Rank
Surname
Match
Census Frequency
1
Wicks
100%
31,940
2
Wickes
83%
3,063
3
Wix
40%
2,325
4
Wecks
80%
547
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The surname Wicks is the
most popular version of all its varients