Wix Surname

148,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,967 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Aruba

Wix Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A variant of Wykes, and compare Dix for Dicks, Rix for Ricks, or Nix for Nicks. All these variants are more or less modern.

1756. Baptised — Sarah, d. Edward Wix: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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Wix Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3381:155,02915,867
England2541:219,36218,571
Germany851:947,12366,306
Thailand591:1,197,260174,557
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
Australia421:642,75544,739
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Wales71:442,07621,198
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2691:90,6159,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:194,64617,040

Wix (55) may also be a first name.

Wix Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A variant of Wykes, and compare Dix for Dicks, Rix for Ricks, or Nix for Nicks. All these variants are more or less modern.

1756. Baptised — Sarah, d. Edward Wix: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1803. Married — Joseph Wix and Amy Mi nail: St. George, Hanover Square.

The death of Jemima Wix, Peckham, was announced in the Standard, Nov. 10, 1886.

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

For Wicks, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of little Wilk, a pet form of William (resolution, helmet); variants of. Wick, q.v.; one who came from Wix (dairy farms), in Essex.

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

A location name in Essex.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wix Last Name Facts

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

Wix is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wix? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wix is the 148,940th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,456,200 people. The surname Wix occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Wix live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequent first name globally It is held by 55 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2,338 people, or 1 in 155,029. In The United States Wix is primarily concentrated in: Tennessee, where 28 percent are found, Kentucky, where 6 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Wix Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wix has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wix last name rose 906 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wix Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wix last name are 2.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.04% registered with the party.

Wix earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.07% less than the national average, earning $39,667 USD per year.

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Wex67853/
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