Weekes Surname
Approximately 14,666 people bear this surname
Weekes 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 SurnameWeekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,178 | 1:86,754 | 9,781 |
| England | 3,532 | 1:15,775 | 2,307 |
| Australia | 2,033 | 1:13,279 | 1,915 |
| Barbados | 1,414 | 1:203 | 37 |
| Canada | 942 | 1:39,114 | 4,906 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 790 | 1:1,727 | 290 |
| Guyana | 241 | 1:3,163 | 586 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 204 | 1:271 | 63 |
| Saint Lucia | 161 | 1:1,110 | 214 |
| Ireland | 139 | 1:33,877 | 2,850 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 134 | 1:841 | 180 |
| Wales | 129 | 1:23,989 | 2,518 |
| Montserrat | 101 | 1:49 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 84 | 1:53,909 | 8,584 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 73 | 1:1,359 | 235 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 60 | 1:1,840 | 302 |
| Northern Ireland | 41 | 1:45,001 | 3,962 |
| Scotland | 37 | 1:144,698 | 8,671 |
| Panama | 37 | 1:105,737 | 3,952 |
| Grenada | 33 | 1:3,289 | 500 |
| France | 31 | 1:2,142,668 | 174,004 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Bermuda | 17 | 1:3,840 | 587 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Jamaica | 17 | 1:168,820 | 5,436 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Anguilla | 13 | 1:1,034 | 101 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Saint Martin | 8 | 1:4,394 | 114 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 97 | 1:45,669 | 3,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 733 | 1:33,254 | 4,387 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 394 | 1:127,459 | 12,279 |
Weekes (25) may also be a first name.
Weekes 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.
1 genit., and pl., of Week(e, q.v. 2 assimilated forms of Wilkes, q.v.
(English) Dweller at the dairy farm; one who came from Week (dairy farm), the name of several places in England.
The same as Wick. One of the greatest habitats of this name was the neighbourhood of Hastings, though the precise locality from which it was derived is unknown. Gualterus Diaconus, the ancestor of the family of De Hastings, lords of the barony of Hastings, held a knight's fee in Wikes at the making of Domesday. Ellis, Introd. i. 421. Wikes, Wyke, Wykes, Wix, Wickes, &c., seem to be mere orthographical variations.
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.).
Weekes Demographics
Average Male Weekes Height
178.26 cm
Average Female Weekes Height
163.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Weekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weekes occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weekes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,995th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 496,901 people. Weekes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Weekes are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Weekes is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,178 people, or 1 in 86,754. In The United States Weekes is most common in: New York, where 27 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 70 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Weekes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weekes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Weekes last name increased 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 482 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 143 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 586 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weekes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (52%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Weekes last name are 1.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.36% being registered with the party.
The amount Weekes earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.92% less than the national average, earning R 149,904 per year; in United States they earn 5.87% more than the national average, earning $45,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.71% more than the national average, earning $51,028 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks | 91 | 77,530 | / |
| Wekes | 91 | 32 | / |
| Wecees | 83 | 245 | / |
| Weckes | 83 | 116 | / |
| Weekse | 83 | 93 | / |
| Weecks | 83 | 70 | / |
| Weeces | 83 | 53 | / |
| Weakes | 83 | 31 | / |
| Weikes | 83 | 10 | / |
| Weskes | 83 | 7 | / |
| Wekese | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wheeks | 83 | 4 | / |
| Hweeks | 83 | 2 | / |
| Week's | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weekks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Weekis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wekees | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wiekes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wetkes | 83 | 0 | / |
| Weks | 80 | 39 | / |
| Wekesse | 77 | 6 | / |
| Wehkese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wykes | 73 | 4,454 | / |
| Weaks | 73 | 1,474 | / |
| Wakes | 73 | 382 | / |
| Wecks | 73 | 218 | / |
| Wikes | 73 | 178 | / |
| Wokes | 73 | 104 | / |
| Weiks | 73 | 89 | / |
| Weekx | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wekis | 73 | 17 | / |
| Weyks | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vekes | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wekks | 73 | 6 | / |
| Veeks | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wieks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Weksø | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weegs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wekys | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wesks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weksh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wweks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wickes | 67 | 2,952 | / |
| Wackes | 67 | 204 | / |
| Whykes | 67 | 189 | / |
| Veckes | 67 | 111 | / |
| Weicks | 67 | 109 | / |
| Wiecks | 67 | 106 | / |
| Witkes | 67 | 89 | / |
| Wakies | 67 | 70 | / |
| Bekesz | 67 | 40 | / |
| Wikess | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bekess | 67 | 7 | / |
| Veikes | 67 | 7 | / |
| Weikis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wakesh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waqees | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vekese | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bejkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyckes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waakes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waikes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wescks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weches | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whecks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weksch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wikesj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waekis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weechs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wockes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wekios | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weques | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waykes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Behkes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whikes | 67 | 0 | / |
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