SURNAME WICKS AND VARIANTS
This page shows the distribution of the surname Wicks and its variants in the 1881 census. Its gives the top 10 counties and the top 20 Poor Law Unions (PLU) in each case per 100,000 inhabitants. (There is no PLU information for Scotland.) The PLU locations for each of the first seven variants are plotted on a map. The data comes from the British Surname Atlas (www.archersoftware.co.uk). The maps are ©2015 Geoff Wicks but they may be freely copied and reproduced provided a copyright attribution is made.
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* WICKS * WEEKS * WYKES * WEEKES * WICK * WICKES * WIX * WYCH * WIKE * WEECH * WEEK * WEETCH * WITCH * WHICK * WEEKE * WICH *
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Poor Law Union Map
1881 Census: 4,213
Counties
1 | Berkshire |
2 | Wiltshire |
3 | Norfolk |
4 | Oxfordshire |
5 | Sussex |
6 | Surrey |
7 | Hertfordshire |
8 | Suffolk |
9 | Middlesex |
10 | Essex |
Poor Law Unions
1 | Witshire | Malmesbury | 11 | Middlesex | Staines |
2 | Berkshire | Reading | 12 | Surrey | Chertsey |
3 | Wiltshire | Chippenham | 13 | Berkshire | Faringdon |
4 | Norfolk | Swaffham | 14 | Wiltshire | Cricklade |
5 | Wiltshire | Melksham | 15 | Norfolk | Thetford |
6 | Surrey | Reigate | 16 | Norfolk | Docking |
7 | Norfolk | Freebridge Lynn | 17 | Berkshire | Abingdon |
8 | Oxfordshire | Henley | 18 | Berkshire | Newbury |
9 | Berkshire | Wokingham | 19 | Berkshire | Cookham |
10 | Berkshire | Bradfield | 20 | Suffolk | Sudbury |
Poor Law Union Map
1881 Census: 6,396
Counties
1 | Alderney |
2 | Isle of Wight |
3 | Devonshire |
4 | Wiltshire |
5 | Somerset |
6 | Hampshire |
7 | Breconshire |
8 | Gloucestershire |
9 | Monmouthshire |
10 | Kent |
Poor Law Unions
1 | Witshire | Amesbury | 11 | Hampshire | Romsey |
2 | Devonshire | Okehampton | 12 | Kent | Tenterden |
3 | Alderney | Alderney | 13 | Devonshire | Kingsbridge |
4 | Somerset | Wells | 14 | Hampshire | Stockbridge |
5 | Sussex | Ticehurst | 15 | Dorset | Poole |
6 | Somerset | Clutton | 16 | Hampshire | Whitchurch |
7 | Devonshire | Torrington | 17 | Cornwall | Launceston |
8 | Wiltshire | Chippenham | 18 | Gloucestershire | Cirencester |
9 | Devonshire | Plympton St. Mary | 19 | Devonshire | Tavistock |
10 | Kent | Cranbrook | 20 | Kent | Hollingbourn |
Poor Law Union map
1881 Census: 1,045
Counties
1 | Northamptonshire |
2 | Leicestershire |
3 | Kirkudbrightshire |
4 | Warwickshire |
5 | City of London |
6 | Huntingdonshire |
7 | Bedfordshire |
8 | Nottinghamshire |
9 | Derbyshire |
10 | Berkshire |
Poor Law Unions (no Scottish information)
1 | Northamptonshire | Brixworth | 11 | Northamptonshire | Wellingborough |
2 | Warwickshire | Nuneaton | 12 | Northamptonshire | Oundle |
3 | Leicestershire | Hinckley | 13 | Northamptonshire | Daventry |
4 | Northamptonshire | Kettering | 14 | Dorset | Shaftesbury |
5 | Leicestershire | Barrow upon Soar | 15 | Hertfordshire | Hemel Hempstead |
6 | Leicestershire | Market Bosworth | 16 | Warwickshire | Coventry |
7 | Leicestershire | Ashby de la Zouch | 17 | Berkshire | Bradfield |
8 | Warwickshire | Atherstone | 18 | Huntingdonshire | Huntingdon |
9 | Leicestershire | Blaby | 19 | Nottinghamshire | Southwell |
10 | Warwickshire | Meriden | 20 | Northamptonshire | Peterborough |
Poor Law Union map
1881 Census: 758
Counties
1 | Kent |
2 | Devonshire |
3 | Sussex |
4 | Anglesey |
5 | Cornwall |
6 | Surrey |
7 | Gloucestershire |
8 | Wiltshire |
9 | Somerset |
10 | Middlesex |
Poor Law Unions
1 | Kent | Dartford | 11 | Kent | Medway |
2 | Sussex | Ticehurst | 12 | Devonshire | Plymouth |
3 | Devonshire | Kingsbridge | 13 | Sussex | Battle |
4 | Kent | West Ashford | 14 | Gloucestershire | Dursley |
5 | Kent | North Aylesford | 15 | London | Woolwich |
6 | Kent | Cranbrook | 16 | Cornwall | Truro |
7 | Devonshire | Okehampton | 17 | Devonshire | Plympton St. Mary |
8 | Kent | Tunbridge | 18 | Kent | Tenterden |
9 | Gloucestershire | Thornbury | 19 | Berkshire | Easthampstead |
10 | Cornwall | St. Germans | 20 | Surrey | Guildford |
Poor Law Union Map
1881 Census: 522
Counties
1 | Orkney Isles |
2 | Norfolk |
3 | Cambridgeshire |
4 | Hertfordshire |
5 | Kircudbrightshire |
6 | County Durham |
7 | Yorks East Riding |
8 | Kent |
9 | Surrey |
10 | Herefordshire |
Poor Law Unions (no Scottish information)
1 | Cambridgeshire | Caxton | 11 | Surrey | Kingston |
2 | Norfolk | Walsingham | 12 | Cambridgeshire | Wisbech |
3 | Hertfordshire | Royston | 13 | Norfolk | Forehoe |
4 | Norfolk | Depwade | 14 | Middlesex | Hendon |
5 | Norfolk | Wayland | 15 | Norfolk | Docking |
6 | Yorkshire | Beverley | 16 | Kent | Dartford |
7 | Kent | East Ashford | 17 | Durham | Durham |
8 | Norfolk | Downham | 18 | Cambridgeshire | Ely |
9 | Durham | Houghton le Spring | 19 | Lincolnshire | Boston |
10 | Gloucestershire | Tetbury | 20 | Norfolk | Swaffham |
Poor Law Union map
1881 Census: 380
Counties
1 | Northamptonshire |
2 | Leicestershire |
3 | Surrey |
4 | Gloucestershire |
5 | Warwickshire |
6 | Middlesex |
7 | Cambridgeshire |
8 | Berkshire |
9 | Worcestershire |
10 | Wiltshire |
Poor Law Unions
1 | Gloucestershire | Tetbury | 11 | Kent | Dover |
2 | Leicestershire | Lutterworth | 12 | Hertfordshire | St. Albans |
3 | Northamptonshire | Northampton | 13 | London | Shoreditch |
4 | Northamptonshire | Brixworth | 14 | Leicestershire | Market Harborough |
5 | Cambridgeshire | Caxton | 15 | Wiltshire | Melksham |
6 | Warwickshire | Warwick | 16 | Kent | Eastry |
7 | London | Mile End Old Town | 17 | London | St. Olave Southwark |
8 | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | 18 | Staffordshire | Cheadle |
9 | Gloucestershire | Gloucester | 19 | Gloucestershire | Cirencester |
10 | Berkshire | Reading | 20 | Somerset | Bridgwater |
Poor Law Union map
1881 Census: 269
Counties
1 | Norfolk |
2 | Suffolk |
3 | Isle of Wight |
4 | Berkshire |
5 | Northamptonshire |
6 | Essex |
7 | Huntingdonshire |
8 | Hertfordshire |
9 | Surrey |
10 | (Insufficient details) |
Poor Law Unions
1 | Norfolk | Guiltcross | 11 | Northamptonshire | Wellingborough |
2 | Suffolk | Woodbridge | 12 | Hampshire | Hartley Wintney |
3 | Norfolk | Freebridge Lynn | 13 | Essex | Saffron Walden |
4 | Norfolk | Downham | 14 | Essex | Dunmow |
5 | Suffolk | Plomesgate | 15 | Berkshire | Windsor |
6 | Norfolk | Mitford | 16 | Yorkshire | Bramley |
7 | Cambridgeshire | Wisbech | 17 | Essex | Braintree |
8 | Hertfordshire | Hemel Hempstead | 18 | Berkshire | Reading |
9 | Norfolk | Swaffham | 19 | Suffolk | Cosford |
10 | Suffolk | Thingoe | 20 | Suffolk | Sudbury |
WYCH: There were 267 people in the 1881 census of whom 178 lived in Lancashire and 77 in Cheshire. The main Lancashire PLUs were Ashton under Lyne (68), Chorlton (30), Wigan (22), Salford (14) and Prestwich (13). The main Cheshire PLUs were Stockport (32), Macclesfield (25) and Altrincham (24)
WIKE: There were 95 people in the 1881 census of whom 45 lived in the West Riding of Yorkshire and 42 in Lancashire. The two main PLUs were Bury in Lancashire (33) and Barnsley in Yorkshire (28)
WEECH: There were 78 people in the 1881 census of whom 41 lived in Somerset and 11 in Gloucestershire. 28 lived in Langport, Somerset and 11 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.
WEEK: There were 67 people in the 1881 census of whom 17 lived in Surrey. There were 6 people living in each of Tavistock in Devon, Croydon in Surrey and St. Saviour Southwark in London and 5 in each of Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire, Barton Regis in Gloucestershire and Lambeth in London.
WEETCH: There were 48 people in the 1881 census of whom 27 lived in Middlesex and 14 in Somerset. 13 lived in Williton in Somerset, 8 in Poplar in London and 8 in Pancras in London.
WITCH: There were 43 people in the 1881 census of whom 10 lived in Somerset and 10 in Middlesex. 7 lived in Taunton in Somerset, 5 in Altrincham in Cheshire, 4 in Plymouth in Devon and 4 in Marylebone in London.
WHICK: There were 27 people in the 1881 census of whom 22 lived in Staffordshire. 13 of these lived in Dudley and 9 in West Bromwich.
WEEKE: There were 16 people in the 1881 census of whom 7 lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire and 6 in Middlesex. 7 lived in Hull in Yorkshire and 4 in Marylebone in London.
WICH: There were 11 people in the 1881 census of whom 6 lived in Middlesex, 4 in the Orkney Isles and 1 in Lancashire. 5 lived in Hampstead in London.
The county with the highest proportion of Wicks variants is Surrey. Berkshire and Wiltshire have 4 variants each; Gloucestershire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk and Northamptonshire 3 variants each; and Cambridgeshire, Devonshire, Essex, Hertfordshire ,Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kircudbrightshire, Leicestershire, Somerset, Suffolkand Sussex 2 variants each.
Five Variants:
Surrey: Wicks, Weekes, Wick, Wickes, Wix
Four Variants:
Berkshire: Wickes, Wykes, Wickes, Wix
- Bradfield: Wicks, Wykes
- Reading: Wicks, Wickes, Wix
Wiltshire: Wicks, Weeks, Weekes, Wickes
- Chippenham: Wicks, Weeks
- Melksham: Wicks, Wickes
Three Variants:
Gloucestershire: Weeks, Weekes, Wickes
- Cirencester: Weeks, Wickes
- Tetbury: Wick, Wickes
Kent: Weeks, Weekes, Wick
- Cranbrook: Weeks, Weekes
- Dartford: Weekes, Wick
- Tenterden: Weeks, Weekes
Middlesex: Wicks, Weekes, Wickes
Norfolk: Wicks, Wick, Wix
- Docking: Wicks, Wick
- Downham: Wick, Wix
- Freebridge Lynn: Wicks, Wix
- Swaffham: Wicks, Wick, Wix
Northamptonshire: Wykes, Wickes, Wix
- Brixworth: Wykes, Wicks
- Wellingborough: Wykes, Wix
Two Variants:
Cambridgeshire: Wick, Wickes
- Caxton: Wick, Wickes
- Wisbech: Wick, Wix
Devonshire: Weeks, Weekes
- Kingsbridge: Weeks, Weekes
- Okehampton: Weeks, Weekes
- Plympton St. Mary: Weeks, Weekes
Essex: Wicks, Wix
Hertfordshire: Wykes, Wix
- Hemel Hempstead: Wykes, Wix
Huntingdonshire: Wykes, Wix
Isle of Wight: Weeks, Wix
Kircudbrightshire: Wykes, Wick
Leicestershire: Wykes, Wickes
Somerset: Weeks, Weekes
Suffolk: Wicks, Wix
- Sudbury: Wicks, Wix
Sussex: Wicks, Weekes
- PLU: Ticehurst: Weeks, Weekes