Week Surname
Approximately 962 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWeek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 699 | 1:518,539 | 43,349 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 82 | 1:297,261 | 20,172 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 306 | 1:164,113 | 14,904 |
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.
(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.
From Week, name of parishes cos. Cornwall, Hants, and Somerset.
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.
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.).
Week Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeke | 89 | 740 | / |
| Weeck | 89 | 184 | / |
| Weekx | 89 | 20 | / |
| Weesk | 89 | 6 | / |
| Hweek | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wek | 86 | 1,520 | / |
| Weecks | 80 | 70 | / |
| Weeske | 80 | 64 | / |
| Wheesk | 80 | 56 | / |
| Weekeh | 80 | 23 | / |
| Weecke | 80 | 18 | / |
| Wheeks | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hweeks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Week's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weck | 75 | 6,565 | / |
| Weik | 75 | 4,111 | / |
| Weke | 75 | 3,660 | / |
| Wiek | 75 | 1,026 | / |
| Weeg | 75 | 467 | / |
| Weak | 75 | 442 | / |
| Veek | 75 | 188 | / |
| Wekx | 75 | 38 | / |
| Wejk | 75 | 10 | / |
| Wekh | 75 | 4 | / |
| Weqe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wesk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Weyk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vwek | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weuk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wedk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wekg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wekq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wetk | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wieck | 67 | 4,481 | / |
| Weick | 67 | 3,929 | / |
| Wecke | 67 | 1,211 | / |
| Veeck | 67 | 793 | / |
| Veeke | 67 | 360 | / |
| Weike | 67 | 173 | / |
| Weake | 67 | 90 | / |
| Weyck | 67 | 62 | / |
| Wehke | 67 | 56 | / |
| Wekke | 67 | 45 | / |
| Wekhe | 67 | 39 | / |
| Weegh | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wetke | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wheke | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wejke | 67 | 18 | / |
| Weyks | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wueke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Weijk | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wekks | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wecck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wedke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weyke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wheck | 67 | 3 | / |
| Weack | 67 | 2 | / |
| Veekx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weskt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wekch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wesks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weegs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weckz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weksø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wessk | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wweks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weikh | 67 | 0 | / |
Week Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Week in the Arabic language | ||
| ويك | wyk | - |
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