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The Wicker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,321 people carried this name — #3,462 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 9,750 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 231 people named Wicker.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Bas-Rhin 151
Paris 20
Moselle 13
Haut-Rhin 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Saône-et-Loire 4
Seine-et-Marne 3
Territoire de Belfort 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

81 people named Wicker live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Thurgau 12
Aargau 12
Bern 11
Geneva 7
Schwyz 7
Basel-Landschaft 5
Lucerne 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Wicker in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from The True Democrat carrying the name Wicker
The True Democrat 1915-02-13
Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Wicker
The Lafayette Advertiser 1908-06-16
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Wicker
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 147,720 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wicker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Wicker
    Maria Wicker 1748–1785
  • John Wicker 1658–1720 · politician
  • John Wicker 1658–1720 · politician
  • John Wicker 1711–1767
  • John Palmer Wicker 1860–1931 · painter
  • George Ray Wicker 1870–1917

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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