Wickham is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wickham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The family name Wickham is a form of Wykeham. Parishes in counties Leicester, York, Lincoln, etc. It is often confounded with Wickham and Wycombe. The birthplace of the great architectural bishop, as well as his genealogy, is a disputed point.

The Wykehams of Oxfordshire are traced to the commencement of the XIV century, when Robert de Wykeham was Lord of Swalcliffe. The male line continued till the year 1800, and the Baroness Wenman, the daughter of W. H. Wykeham, Esq., who died at that date, still possesses Swalcliffe.

Parishes and places in counties Suffolk, Kent, Gloucester, Essex, Hants, Berks, Lincoln, Oxford, Cambridge, etc.

The family name Wickham is a variant of Wykeham. Marsh home. Wic means "a marsh".

One who cam from Wickham, i.e., manor or dwelling place, or homestead with a dairy farm, the name of various places in England.

How popular is Wickham?

Wickham is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, Solomon Islands.

Wickham is ranked 25680 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wickham bearers increased by 3.25 per cent in 2010 US census to 7335 since 2000, the surname slipped by 235 spots and ranked at 4814. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.05 91.92
Black 4.83 3.36
Hispanic or Latino 2.45 1.97
Others 1.98 1.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.94 0.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.55
Wickham is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 20979 people have been found who wears Wickham as their family name. Wickham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wickham:
4,527 United States9,934
2,140 England3,839
1,302 Australia3,089
Countries with hundreds of Wickham:
5,045 Canada910
1,057 Ireland639
1,948 New Zealand406
17,385 South Africa352
673 Trinidad and Tobago334
494 Guyana285
276 Barbados242
1,412 Jamaica199
603 Solomon Islands125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,130 Wales100
251 Grenada81
5,846 Scotland68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
428 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47
13,477 Venezuela36
47,760 Spain29
539 Guernsey29
5,745 Northern Ireland21
219,029 France19
6,003 Panama18
45,338 Sweden16
1,336 Jersey15
66,712 Papua New Guinea15
363,835 Thailand14
132,850 Argentina13
102,971 Malaysia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
305,602 Germany7
10,125 China7
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6
36,458 Peru6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Wickham was 23 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 9, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Europe from Liverpool. Jno. Wickham, aged 23, Rose Wickham, aged 18, 23 years old Julia Wickham, Margaret Wickham, aged 21, Workman Jno. Wickham, Workwoman Ellen Wickham, 28 years old Henry-T. Wickham, J. Wickham, and 23 other Wickham around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, blacksmith migrated to US from Liverpool, Wexford, New Ross and Halifax & Liverpool.

Wickham Namesakes

  • Anna Wickham, pioneer of modernist poetry
  • Geoffrey Wickham, AO MIIE was one of the pioneers of cardiac pacemaking
  • Parker Wickham, is famous for being a Loyalist politician
  • Enoch Tanner Wickham, self-taught folk artist
  • Christopher Wickham, British historian and academic
  • Vicki Wickham, English talent manager, entertainment producer
  • William H. Wickham, 81st Mayor of New York City and anti-Ring Democrat
  • Williams Carter Wickham, Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician
  • John Clements Wickham, Scottish explorer, naval officer
  • Steve Wickham, Irish musician
  • Bobbie Wickham, recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Mr
  • Tracey Wickham, Australian former middle distance swimmer
  • Saskia Wickham, English actress best known for playing Alex Wilton
  • Charles Preston Wickham, 19th-century congressman and judge
  • Phil Wickham, Contemporary Christian musician
  • Edward Wickham, Conservative Party politician

Wickham Namesakes

  • Anna Wickham, pioneer of modernist poetry
  • Geoffrey Wickham, AO MIIE was one of the pioneers of cardiac pacemaking
  • Parker Wickham, is famous for being a Loyalist politician
  • Enoch Tanner Wickham, self-taught folk artist
  • Christopher Wickham, British historian and academic
  • Vicki Wickham, English talent manager, entertainment producer
  • William H. Wickham, 81st Mayor of New York City and anti-Ring Democrat
  • Williams Carter Wickham, Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician
  • John Clements Wickham, Scottish explorer, naval officer
  • Steve Wickham, Irish musician
  • Bobbie Wickham, recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Mr
  • Tracey Wickham, Australian former middle distance swimmer
  • Saskia Wickham, English actress best known for playing Alex Wilton
  • Charles Preston Wickham, 19th-century congressman and judge
  • Phil Wickham, Contemporary Christian musician
  • Edward Wickham, Conservative Party politician

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