How common is the surname Wickham?

7,335 people in the United States had the surname Wickham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,092 Americans. It ranked 4,814th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wickham?

Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer, world champion, followed by Henry Alexander Wickham.

Where is the surname Wickham most common?

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

How do you pronounce Wickham?

Wickham is /ˈwɪkəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wickham getting more or less common?

More common. 7,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,335 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Wickham

An English place surname, carried by 7,335 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪkəm/ 2 syllables Soundex W250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wickham is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Wickham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,335 people named Wickham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,092 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,104.

#4,814

rank among US surnames

7,335

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,579)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,805	McKeown	7,357	41,966
#4,806	Spradlin	7,356	41,972
#4,807	Pettis	7,354	41,983
#4,808	Juan	7,350	42,006
#4,809	Keiser	7,348	42,018
#4,810	Button	7,341	42,058
#4,811	Abell	7,339	42,069

Who is named Wickham

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

89% of people named Wickham identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wickhams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tracey Wickham
Australian swimmer, world champion, born 1962
Henry Alexander Wickham
British botanist and self-declared "biopirate" (1846-1928)

Notable Wickhams come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wiggam

Surnames that sound like Wickham

Whigham

Wickham has the Soundex code W250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W250.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wickham come from?: From Middle English Wicham, Wikham, from Old English wīċ (“village”) + hām (“homestead”). Doublet of Wycombe.
How common is the surname Wickham?: 7,335 people in the United States had the surname Wickham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,092 Americans. It ranked 4,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wickham?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wickham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wickham?: Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer, world champion, followed by Henry Alexander Wickham.
Where is the surname Wickham most common?: Wikidata records people named Wickham in Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Wickham?: Wickham is /ˈwɪkəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Wickham?: Wickham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wickham getting more or less common?: More common. 7,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,335 in 2010, up 3.3%.
What are other spellings of Wickham?: Wiggam.