Weekes Surname

35,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

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.

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Weekes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1781:86,7549,781
England3,5321:15,7752,307
Australia2,0331:13,2791,915
Barbados1,4141:20337
Canada9421:39,1144,906
Trinidad and Tobago7901:1,727290
Guyana2411:3,163586
Saint Kitts and Nevis2041:27163
Saint Lucia1611:1,110214
Ireland1391:33,8772,850
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1341:841180
Wales1291:23,9892,518
Montserrat1011:494
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Antigua and Barbuda731:1,359235
United States Virgin Islands601:1,840302
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Panama371:105,7373,952
Grenada331:3,289500
France311:2,142,668174,004
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Bermuda171:3,840587
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Sierra Leone161:443,102516
Anguilla131:1,034101
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Saint Martin81:4,394114
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Jersey71:14,1722,872
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Dominica11:75,891912
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland971:45,6693,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7331:33,2544,387
Wales221:71,2923,399
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3941:127,45912,279

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.

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

1 genit., and pl., of Week(e, q.v. 2 assimilated forms of Wilkes, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the dairy farm; one who came from Week (dairy farm), the name of several places in England.

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weeks9177,530/
Wekes9132/
Wecees83245/
Weckes83116/
Weekse8393/
Weecks8370/
Weeces8353/
Weakes8331/
Weikes8310/
Weskes837/
Wekese835/
Wheeks834/
Hweeks832/
Week's831/
Weekks831/
Weekis831/
Wekees831/
Wiekes831/
Wetkes830/
Weks8039/
Wekesse776/
Wehkese771/
Wykes734,454/
Weaks731,474/
Wakes73382/
Wecks73218/
Wikes73178/
Wokes73104/
Weiks7389/
Weekx7320/
Wekis7317/
Weyks7315/
Vekes7311/
Wekks736/
Veeks735/
Wieks732/
Weksø731/
Weegs731/
Wekys731/
Wesks731/
Weksh730/
Wweks730/
Wickes672,952/
Wackes67204/
Whykes67189/
Veckes67111/
Weicks67109/
Wiecks67106/
Witkes6789/
Wakies6770/
Bekesz6740/
Wikess679/
Bekess677/
Veikes677/
Weikis674/
Wakesh673/
Waqees672/
Vekese672/
Bejkes671/
Wyckes671/
Waakes671/
Waikes671/
Wescks671/
Weches671/
Whecks671/
Weksch671/
Wikesj671/
Waekis671/
Weechs671/
Wockes671/
Wekios671/
Weques671/
Waykes670/
Behkes670/
Whikes670/

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