Vicary Surname
Approximately 2,353 people bear this surname
Vicary Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the vicar.' The absence of 'Vicar' or 'Vicker,' and the great frequency of Vicary and Vickery, prove these to be official and not local. 'Sire preest, quod he, art thou a Vicary? Or art thou a Person? saysoth bythyfay.
Read More About This SurnameVicary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,099 | 1:50,699 | 6,277 |
| Australia | 593 | 1:45,524 | 5,715 |
| United States | 457 | 1:793,127 | 61,249 |
| Canada | 74 | 1:497,913 | 42,460 |
| Wales | 43 | 1:71,966 | 6,223 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 788 | 1:30,933 | 4,118 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Vicary (40) may also be a first name.
Vicary Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the vicar.' The absence of 'Vicar' or 'Vicker,' and the great frequency of Vicary and Vickery, prove these to be official and not local. 'Sire preest, quod he, art thou a Vicary? Or art thou a Person? saysoth bythyfay. Chaucer, The Persones Prologue.
Richard Vicary. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
1574-5. Stephen Vyccarye and Margaret Johnson: Marriage Lic. (London).
1585. John Vicary, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.
1749. Married — Thomas Piatt and Anne Vickery: St. George, Hanover Square.
1749. Married — James Brown and Jane Vickery: ibid.
Vittery seems to be a West country corruption.
Recorded in Fife. From ME. vicarie, vicary, an early form of vicar.
"'Sir preest,' qued he, 'artow a vicary?
Or art a person? sey sooth, by thy fey.'"
Chaucer, The Parson's Prologue, 11.22-23.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Vicar [Middle English vicary, vicarie, etc.: v. under Vicar; and cp. French vicairie, curacy, vicarage] ‘Sire Preest’, quod he, ‘artow [art thou] a vicary?'—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, I 22.
Of persons [parsons] and vycaryes They make many outcryes.—Skelton, Colyn Cloute, 572-3.
Latin vicarius, a vicar, or rather a curate.
William de la Vacherie, Normandy, was granted the estate of his uncle William de la V. in Normandy by King John (MSAN, v. 115). Richard de Vickery, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Vicary Demographics
Average Vicary Salary in
United States
$48,309 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vicary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vicary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vicary is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vicary.
How Common Is The Last Name Vicary? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vicary is the 180,955th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,097,130 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Vicary are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles. Vicary is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 40 people.
This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 1,099 people, or 1 in 50,699. In England Vicary is mostly found in: Devon, where 15 percent reside, Greater London, where 11 percent reside and Merseyside, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Vicary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vicary has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Vicary surname rose 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,172 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 253 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Vicary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Vicary surname is predominantly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Vicary last name are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Vicary earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.96% more than the national average, earning $48,309 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $49,242 CAD per year.
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