Vik Family History
Vik Name Meaning
Norwegian and Swedish: habitational name from any of numerous
farmsteads all over Norway and Sweden, so named with Old Norse
vík ‘small bay’, ‘inlet’. OV In Swedish it may also be a
topographic or ornamental name.Czech: from a short form
of the personal name Viktor (see Victor).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vik Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vik families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vik families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Vik last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vik census records
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Vik Family Origin
Vik Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Vik
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Vik Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Vik census records
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Military Service by Vik
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