WEEKS

in West Virginia

There are 145 people with the last name "WEEKS" in West Virginia.

Ranking in West Virginia

Name	Rank
WEEKS	1,744

is 1,740th most common Knopp
is 1,741st most common Mcgill
is 1,742nd most common Rhoades
is 1,743rd most common Swanson
is 1,744th most common Weeks
is 1,745th most common Wilkerson
is 1,746th most common Bonar
is 1,747th most common Callahan
is 1,748th most common Coberly

Meaning & History

WEEKS

English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wikke (see Wick 2).

English: variant of Wick 1.

It may also be an Americanization of Scandinavian Vik.

FOREBEARS This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656.William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes.