Week Surname

372,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Week Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the wyke,' a corruption of Wykes, which see.

1571. Married — John Weekes and Isabell Parkin: St. Thomas the Apostle, London.

1581-2. Anthony Weekes, or Wikes, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Week Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6991:518,53943,349
Nigeria961:1,845,23766,383
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Belgium151:766,44363,354
India151:51,137,692512,385
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Denmark91:627,19136,734
England71:7,959,723202,100
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
China51:273,464,31313,838
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3061:164,11314,904

Week (173) may also be a first name.

Week Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the wyke,' a corruption of Wykes, which see.

1571. Married — John Weekes and Isabell Parkin: St. Thomas the Apostle, London.

1581-2. Anthony Weekes, or Wikes, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1618. Thomas Weekes, Sussex: ibid.

1603. Baptised — Jane, d. Thomas Weekes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1747. Married — Richard Weeks and Ann Additer: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1796. Married — John Weightman and Matilda Hardum: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Week, a phonologically more correct form than the commoner Wick, q.v.

Three of the Somerset places so named are or were called indifferently Week or Wick.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Week, name of parishes cos. Cornwall, Hants, and Somerset.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wick: (Latin vicus), a settlement: Warwick, Greenwich, Berwick, Germansweek, Week St. Mary, Hardwick, Norwich, and many others. The surnames Weeks, Wykes, Quick, are from this.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Weeks is an ancient name in Newton, Whiteparish, going back to the time of Elizabeth; there was a family of gentry of the name of Weekes in Donhead St. Mary in the 17th century (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Week Last Name Facts

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

Week (Arabic: ويك) is found most in The United States. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Week? popularity and diffusion

It is the 372,836th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,575,412 people. The surname Week occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Week reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 694,534th most common first name globally, held by 173 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 699 people, or 1 in 518,539. In The United States Week is most common in: Nevada, where 45 percent reside, Minnesota, where 11 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Week Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Week has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Week surname expanded 228 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Week Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Week surname are 4.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.28% registered to vote for the political party.

Week earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.73% more than the national average, earning $46,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weeke89740/
Weeck89184/
Weekx8920/
Weesk896/
Hweek891/
Wek861,520/
Weecks8070/
Weeske8064/
Wheesk8056/
Weekeh8023/
Weecke8018/
Wheeks804/
Hweeks802/
Week's801/
Weck756,565/
Weik754,111/
Weke753,660/
Wiek751,026/
Weeg75467/
Weak75442/
Veek75188/
Wekx7538/
Wejk7510/
Wekh754/
Weqe754/
Wesk752/
Weyk752/
Vwek751/
Weuk751/
Wedk751/
Wekg751/
Wekq751/
Wetk750/
Wieck674,481/
Weick673,929/
Wecke671,211/
Veeck67793/
Veeke67360/
Weike67173/
Weake6790/
Weyck6762/
Wehke6756/
Wekke6745/
Wekhe6739/
Weegh6731/
Wetke6721/
Wheke6718/
Wejke6718/
Weyks6715/
Wueke6710/
Weijk678/
Wekks676/
Wecck674/
Wedke673/
Weyke673/
Wheck673/
Weack672/
Veekx671/
Hweke671/
Weskt671/
Wekch671/
Wesks671/
Weegs671/
Weckz671/
Weksø671/
Hweeg671/
Beekh671/
Wessk670/
Wweks670/
Weikh670/

Week Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Week in the Arabic language
ويكwyk-

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