Heicks Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Heicks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Heicks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heicks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Heicks occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heicks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Heicks is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Heicks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Heicks are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Heicks is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 2,012,636. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent are found, Hamburg, where 18 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Heicks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heicks has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Heicks
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