Vickery Surname

25,928th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Vickery 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.

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Vickery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,2371:29,6203,675
England3,9391:14,1452,088
Australia2,0651:13,0731,890
Canada9761:37,7524,764
Wales4441:6,970783
New Zealand3351:13,5172,344
South Africa2921:185,54020,240
Ireland1011:46,6233,460
Zimbabwe691:223,74325,019
Scotland641:83,6536,073
France391:1,703,147154,208
Spain331:1,416,72844,772
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway61:857,04855,549
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Malta41:107,5681,849
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland811:54,6904,453
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0621:11,8211,802
Wales1131:13,880827
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9041:26,3753,241

Vickery (122) may also be a first name.

Vickery 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.

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

= Vicary, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The priest of a parish who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Vickery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vickery (Arabic: فيكري) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vickery? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 25,928th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 350,886 people. The last name Vickery is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Vickery reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 844,248th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 122 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 12,237 people, or 1 in 29,620. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 13 percent reside, Georgia, where 11 percent reside and Alabama, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States Vickery exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Vickery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vickery has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 643 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 393 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 125 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 914 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Vickery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Vickery last name is principally Anglican (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States Vickery are 22.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.29% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Vickery earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 22.68% more than the national average, earning 424,587 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.44% more than the national average, earning R 267,192 per year; in United States they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $41,898 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $52,244 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vickery Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vickery in the Arabic language
فيكريfykry-

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Vickery Reference & Research

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Vicary Vickery FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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