# Wickham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wickham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,335 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,814 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,092 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (7,104 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪkəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Wiggam |

## Etymology

From Middle English Wicham, Wikham, from Old English wīċ (“village”) + hām (“homestead”). Doublet of Wycombe.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wickham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wickham in Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Wickham

- Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer, world champion
- Henry Alexander Wickham, British botanist and self-declared "biopirate" (1846-1928)

## Similar surnames

Whigham, Wasson, Wesson, Washam, Wiggin, Wishon, Wixom, Wozny, Wojahn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.