Weeks (surname)

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Weeks
Language(s) English
Origin
Meaning"son of Wikke", "resident of wick, wic, vic"
Region of originSouth Western England
Other names
Variant form(s) Weekes , Wicks , Weech, Week, Weeke, Wich, Wych, Weetch, Wick, Wickes, Wix, Wike, Witch, Wykes, Whick, [1] and Vik [2]

The name Weeks is an uncommon English surname, usually either a patronymic of the Middle English Wikke ("battle, war") or a topographic or occupational name deriving from Wick ("small, outlying village"). It may also be an Anglification of the Scandinavian habitational name Vik ("small bay, inlet").

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Derivation

Weeks is an English surname of Germanic origin with several known derivations:

Early instances

Early bearers of the surname include:

Later recordings include:

Cognates and variations

Names etymologically related to Weeks include but may not be limited to: Weekes , Wicks , Weech, Week, Weeke, Wich, Wych, Weetch, Wick, Wickes, Wix, Wike, Witch, Wykes, Whick, [1] and Vik. [2]

Frequency and distribution

In the UK, at the time of the 1881 Census, the relative frequency of Weeks was highest in Devon (7.3 times the British average), followed by Wiltshire, Somerset, Hampshire, Brecknockshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Kent and Dorset. [4]

Today the name is most common (indicated in frequency per million) in Australia (188), the United States (181), the United Kingdom (156), Canada (143), and New Zealand (71).

Globally, the city with the largest numbers of people named Weeks is Bristol, United Kingdom, located in the south western county of Somerset. [5]

In the US, there were 51,976 people in 1990 with the last name Weeks, making it the 675th most common last name. The table below compares this with the corresponding enumerations of related names at that time in the US. [6]

NameNumber
Weeks51,976
Wicks12,291
Wick8,255
Wike2,629
Wix2,079
Weekes1,957
Wyke917
Wickes887
Weech826
Vik489
Wykes336

Notable people with the surname

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Patrick Hanks, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-508137-4.
  3. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  4. Weeks Surname at Forebears
  5. "World Family Names Profiler". Public Profiler. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. "How Many of Me?". Names. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2009.