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Ficker Surname Meaning

German: nickname for a restless person from an agent derivative of Middle High German vicken ‘to rub or fidget’. German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with Old High German fridu ‘peace’ or frik ‘battle happy’.

English: perhaps a nickname for a flatterer or deceiver from an unrecorded Middle English fikere fekere a derivative of Middle English fiken ‘to wag the head fawningly; to deceive by flattery’.

Compare Middle English fikelere ‘flatterer deceiver’ (from the related verb fikelen). Alternatively perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English fikere fekere ‘beater’ (of metals or of wool cloth flax etc.).

Compare Middle Dutch fikere with this sense a derivative of Middle Dutch ficken ‘to beat’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Ficker families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ficker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ficker families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 45 Ficker families living in London. This was about 24% of all the recorded Ficker's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Ficker families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Ficker. 100% of Ficker women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Between 1956 and 2004, in the United States, Ficker life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1996, and highest in 1993. The average life expectancy for Ficker in 1956 was 65, and 84 in 2004.

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