Physick Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Physick Surname Definition:

A corrupt form of Fishwick (q.v.), through the intermediate form Fishick (found in a 17th-cent. London Register).

Physick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1521:366,56626,048
Australia371:729,61448,196
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1281:190,43315,429
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Physick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A corrupt form of Fishwick (q.v.), through the intermediate form Fishick (found in a 17th-cent. London Register).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly from Lefisick, a place in St. Austell, co. Cornwall, by dropping the Le, under the mistaken notion that it was the French particle, and then assimilating the orthography to that of a well-known word.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

According to some, from Lefisick, in St. Austell. Hals considers Lefisick in St. Mewan the Refishoc of Domesday. compare Bosvîsick (see Bossowsack); also Trevisick in Blisland. D. Gilbert gives a place named Tre-izack, which he renders the corn town. Visick and Visack are most probably the same name as Physick.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

The art of healing diseases. A name given to a physician.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Found Phisicke. From Lefisick in St. Austel, Cornwall. Mr. Bowditch says "Dr. Physic was the first physician of Philadelphia."

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the German, Piescheck, Fietzek; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Physick Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Physick Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Physick is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Physick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,067,497th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Physick are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in British Isles.

Physick is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 366,566. In England Physick is most frequent in: Merseyside, where 28 percent reside, Lancashire, where 20 percent reside and Derbyshire, where 7 percent reside. Other than England this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 12 percent reside.

Physick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Physick has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 119 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Physick Last Name Statistics demography

Physick earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 50.62% more than the national average, earning $74,834 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Physicks930/
Pysick9257/
Physic9251/
Physicx866/
Phyzick861/
Physyck860/
Pysik83223/
Pysic830/
Poyssick8026/
Pesick77160/
Pyosik77118/
Pisick7726/
Vysick7715/
Poysik779/
Pyszik778/
Pyzick778/
Paysik775/
Peysik774/
Paysic772/
Pyshik771/
Pyshic771/
Phisic771/
Pysiec771/
Pyssik771/
Pyschik7182/
Petsick7134/
Phetsik7124/
Peshick7116/
Phishik7111/
Pichick714/
Pyszcek711/
Pysczek711/
Piosick711/
Phiseck711/
Pesik674,081/
Pyzik673,271/
Pesic671,335/
Picek671,221/
Pycek67245/
Pysyk67183/
Pisik67163/
Picyk67117/
Peschick6723/
Pisic6722/
Pycyk6721/
Pycik6717/
Pysek6713/
Pysikova6710/
Pyshchek6710/
Petchick679/
Picik675/
Payschik674/
Päsik672/
Pischick671/

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