Does anyone know where the last name "Weeks" comes from? How did it or

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Does anyone know where the last name "Weeks" comes from? How did it originate?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: weeks is a name that first reached England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The weeks family lived in Sussex. The name, however, derives from the Old English word wic, which describes someone who lives at an outlying settlement.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Weekes, Weeks, Wikes, Wykes, Wyke, Wix, Wicks, Weykes and many more.

First found in Sussex where they held a family seat from early times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Edward Weeks settled in the Bay Bulls in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1708; John Weeks was a fisherman of Petty Harbour in Newfoundland in 1739; Anna, Marie and Joe Weekes settled in New England in 1635.