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
Average Week Salary in
United States
$46,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Week Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Week Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Week (Arabic: ويك) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Week? popularity and diffusion
It is the 372,836th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,575,412 people. Week occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Week reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Week is also the 694,534th most common first name at a global level, held by 173 people.
The surname 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 mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 45 percent live, Minnesota, where 11 percent live and Wisconsin, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Week Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Week has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Week last name rose 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 holding the Week last name are 4.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.28% registered to vote for the 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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