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

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

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

Name Census Frequency
William Wicks 2,136
Mary Wicks 1,774
George Wicks 1,469
John Wicks 1,462
Elizabeth Wicks 1,266
Sarah Wicks 1,044
Thomas Wicks 915
James Wicks 905
Charles Wicks 850
Henry Wicks 779
Ann Wicks 553
Eliza Wicks 550
Jane Wicks 524
Emily Wicks 500
Alfred Wicks 484
Ellen Wicks 480
Frederick Wicks 474
Emma Wicks 465
Alice Wicks 462
Edward Wicks 421
Robert Wicks 392
Annie Wicks 384
Arthur Wicks 371
Joseph Wicks 371
Richard Wicks 296

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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