Where Does the Fickes Surname Come From?

Fickes is a familiar spelling of the English name Fick. Name scholars give the meaning as “A descendant of Fech, or Feche, (fated to die)”.

Arms associated with the name

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Spelling and variants

Fickes adds -es to the root of Fick, a common way of forming related surnames. Related forms: Ficke and Ficki.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Fickes surname had 1,797 bearers. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. For the full story, order the Fickes surname pack.