Where Does the Ficke Surname Come From?

Ficke is how some branches of the Fick family came to write their name. Read literally, Ficke points to “A descendant of Fech, or Feche, (fated to die)”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• You may also find the name written Fickes and Ficki.
• The extra “e” in Ficke is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• 740 Americans were listed as Ficke in the 2010 census. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Family crest and blazon

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