About the Vicks Surname

The name Vicks is closely linked to Vick. The family name meaning is “One who came from Vicq (village), the name of various places in France”, the same as for Vick. The extra ending in Vicks is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Vick's family. Related forms: Vic.

In the 2010 US Census, 954 Americans gave Vicks as their last name (rank 25,810). That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Vicks, so the heraldry linked to Vick is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Vicks family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.