How common is the surname Vickers?

22,176 people in the United States had the surname Vickers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,923 Americans. It ranked 1,625th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Vickers?

Cameron Carter-Vickers, American-British soccer player, followed by Martha Vickers.

Where is the surname Vickers most common?

Wikidata records people named Vickers in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Vickers getting more or less common?

More common. 21,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,176 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Vickers

A surname, carried by 22,176 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vickers is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,176 people named Vickers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,923 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,544.

#1,625

rank among US surnames

22,176

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,616	Ramey	22,287	13,853
#1,617	Davison	22,276	13,860
#1,618	Clifford	22,245	13,879
#1,619	Stahl	22,211	13,901
#1,621	Samuels	22,207	13,903
#1,622	Dukes	22,187	13,916
#1,623	Sheridan	22,177	13,922

Who is named Vickers

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

79% of people named Vickers identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vickerss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cameron Carter-Vickers
American-British soccer player, born 1997
Martha Vickers
American television and film actress (1925-1971)
Yvette Vickers
American actress, singer and model (1928-2010)
Charlie Vickers
Actor, born 1992
Janeene Vickers
American hurdler, born 1968
Anna Vickers
A British, France-born marine algologist and plant collector (1852–1906)
George Vickers
American politician (1801-1879)
Brian Vickers
American motor racing driver, born 1983

Notable Vickerss come mostly from the United States (6), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vickers

Vicars

Vickers has the Soundex code V262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V262.

Questions

How common is the surname Vickers?: 22,176 people in the United States had the surname Vickers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,923 Americans. It ranked 1,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vickers?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Vickers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Vickers?: Cameron Carter-Vickers, American-British soccer player, followed by Martha Vickers.
Where is the surname Vickers most common?: Wikidata records people named Vickers in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Vickers getting more or less common?: More common. 21,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,176 in 2010, up 2.9%.