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The hickman Surname

hickman Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly West Midlands): occupational name denoting the servant (Middle English man) of a man called Hick. According to Reaney and Wilson, Hickman was also used as a medieval personal name. This surname has long been established in Ireland, notably in County Clare. In the U.S., it could be an altered spelling of German Hickmann, a variant of Hick 4.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hickman name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hickman family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hickman Families in the US in 1920
Number of hickman families
 200-398
 67-199		 1-66
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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