Sicklemore Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Sicklemore 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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Sicklemore Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sicklemore 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

From Sicklemere; a location name in Suffolk.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Sicklemore Last Name Facts

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

Sicklemore is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sicklemore? popularity and diffusion

Sicklemore is the 4,908,606th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Sicklemore reside; 75 percent reside in Australasia and 75 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,249,642. In Australia Sicklemore is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 92 percent reside and Queensland, where 8 percent reside. Barring Australia Sicklemore exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside.

Sicklemore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sicklemore has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sicklemore surname contracted 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siclemore950/
Sickelmore9098/
Sucklemore901/
Syckelmore800/
Syckelmoore7639/
Skillmore7410/
Siklemmer741/
Sckloemer740/
Seiglemire700/
Scola-Moore671/
Saklmire670/
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