Sickelmore Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sickelmore Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sycamore'; compare Oak, Birch, Ash, Nash, &c. I cannot of course be positive that Sicklemore is a corruption of Sycamore, but it is highly probable.

1557-8. Richard Wade and Agnes Silkelmore: Marriage Lic.

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Sickelmore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England901:619,09036,665
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sickelmore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sycamore'; compare Oak, Birch, Ash, Nash, &c. I cannot of course be positive that Sicklemore is a corruption of Sycamore, but it is highly probable.

1557-8. Richard Wade and Agnes Silkelmore: Marriage Lic. (London).

1662-3. Edmund Sicklemore and Mary Clarke: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

Umfrid Sicomer, 1578, incumbent of North Gosforth Chapel, Newcastle-on-Tyne: Brand's Newcastle.

1786. Married — Johan Christian Koenig and Sally Anne Sickelmore: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at (apparently) Sicel’s or SicoL’s Moor [for the pers. name see under Sicklinghall, and + Middle English more, Old English mór, a moor] Poss. the place is the Suffolk hamlet Sicklesmere; but some, at any rate, of the Sickelmores may owe their name to the Staffs Silkmore, in Domesday Selchmore, 14th cent. Silkemor, Selkemer, Selkmore, doubtless representing an Anglo-Saxon *Seolcanmór = Seolca’s Moor [pers. name a nickname from Old English seolc, m., silk]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of sycamore, the tree. Cognate with Oak, Ash, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Sickelmore Last Name Facts

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

Sickelmore has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sickelmore? popularity and diffusion

Sickelmore is the 1,871,545th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Sickelmore is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Sickelmore live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 619,090. In England Sickelmore is most frequent in: Devon, where 28 percent are found, Greater London, where 24 percent are found and Essex, where 18 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Sickelmore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sickelmore has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sickelmore surname rose 290 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sicklemore9016/
Syckelmore900/
Syckelmoore8639/
Siclemore840/
Sucklemore801/
Skillmore7410/
Skelmer710/
Segal Moore673/
Scola-Moore671/
Skulmire670/
Saklmire670/

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