Wyke Surname

204,843rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Wyke Surname Definition:

A form of Week or Wick, q.v.

Roger de la Wyke.—Hundred Rolls Thus Wylie, nr. Axminster, is also called Week.

Wyke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8981:403,62935,249
England6751:82,5459,109
Australia2181:123,83313,580
Denmark601:94,0798,936
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Trinidad and Tobago301:45,4664,095
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Wales231:134,5459,804
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Dominica61:12,648426
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Montserrat11:4,947471
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2841:85,8299,036
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

Wyke (353) may also be a first name.

Wyke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A form of Week or Wick, q.v.

Roger de la Wyke.—Hundred Rolls Thus Wylie, nr. Axminster, is also called Week.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

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.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Wych: (Old Norse vik), a bay of the sea, or even a tidal river. Thus Sandwich, Ipswich, and Droitwich (because of its salt springs).

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Wyke Last Name Facts

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

Wyke is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wyke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wyke is the 204,843rd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,595,237 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 40 percent of Wyke live; 40 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wyke is also the 463,770th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 353 people.

The surname Wyke is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 898 people, or 1 in 403,629. In The United States Wyke is primarily found in: Nevada, where 17 percent reside, North Carolina, where 17 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Wyke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wyke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wyke surname grew 935 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 209 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wyke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wyke last name are 14.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.95% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wyke earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 16.19% less than the national average, earning $36,164 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.68% less than the national average, earning $42,388 CAD per year.

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