Wykes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 20
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 9
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 22
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 184
Lincolnshire 15
London 52
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 175
Nottinghamshire 9
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 11
Suffolk 0
Somerset 4
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 80
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wykes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wykes family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 49
Female Servant 24
Labourer 10
Independent 9
Farmer 9
Male Servant 9
Shoe Maker 6
Silk Winder 5
Print Cutter 4
Stocking Maker 4
Lace Maker 3
Pupil 3
Printer 3
Baker 3
Ribbon Weaver 3
Butcher 2
Miller 2
Sister 2
Laundress 2
Bricklayer 2
Mason 2
Sawyer 2
School Governess 2
Collier 2
Joiner 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Wykes

Name Census Frequency
William Wykes 546
John Wykes 455
Mary Wykes 446
Elizabeth Wykes 364
Sarah Wykes 292
George Wykes 282
Thomas Wykes 264
Charles Wykes 221
Ann Wykes 205
James Wykes 183
Joseph Wykes 144
Emma Wykes 135
Henry Wykes 128
Edward Wykes 121
Arthur Wykes 112
Jane Wykes 105
Eliza Wykes 102
Ellen Wykes 101
Alfred Wykes 98
Hannah Wykes 95
Annie Wykes 85
Alice Wykes 75
Samuel Wykes 64
Emily Wykes 62
Walter Wykes 62

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