Topics

• About the Hicklin One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Frequency of the name
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Hicklin One-Name Study

My Hicklin One Name Study officially began in 2009, although I have been collecting Hicklin data since I first became interested in genealogy following the birth of my son in 1991. I had been helped on many occasions by the late Malcolm Hickling, and it was after learning of his death that I felt compelled to use my exisiting data as a basis for a one name study. I am eternally grateful to Malcolm's family and the Guild Of One Name Studies for allowing me access to his gedcom files.

Variants

The registered variants are Hickling / Iceling / Ickling

Origin of the surname

Iceling (pronounced Ickeling) means 'son of Icel' and first appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in a text recording the genealogy of King Penda. Icelingas became the family name given to the kinsmen and descendants of Cnebba Iceling who according to the AS Chronicle was the Great Great Grandfather of King Penda. Present day Hicklins may have been descended from the Icelingas, or named from the places where they lived such as Hickling in Norfolk, Hickling in Nottinghamshire, Hickleton in Yorkshire, Ickleton in Cambridgeshire, Ickelford in Hertfordshire, and Ickelingham in Suffolk which themselves were probably named after Icel and the Icelingas.

Historical occurrences

The Mercian royal family were Icelingas. Penda claimed descent from the royal family of the Angles descended from Woden through Offa King of the Angeln.

Frequency of the name

According to http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/

HICKLIN

In 1881 there were 450 occurrences of the surname in Great Britain (Rank 7230th)

In 1998 there were 718 occurrences of the surname in Great Britain (Rank 6778th)

HICKLING

In 1881 there were 1607 occurrences of the surname in Great Britain (Rank 2693rd)

In 1998 there were 2328 occurrences of the surname in Great Britain (Rank 2535th)

The ethnicity of forenames was > 98.7% English

No data available for ICELING/ICKLING

Distribution of the name

According to the World Names Profiler at http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/

The surname HICKLIN is most prevalent in

1) United Kingdom 2) Switzerland 3) Canada 4) USA 5) New Zealand 6) Netherlands 7) France

8) Germany

The surname HICKLING is most prevalent in

1) United Kingdom 2) New Zealand 3) Australia 4) Canada 5) USA 6) Spain 7) Argentina 8) Norway

9) France 10) Germany

No data available for the surname ICELING or ICKLING

Data

I am currently collating the entries (8,000+ births so far!) from the General Register Offices Index of Births, Marriages, & Deaths for England & Wales for the period 1837 to 2006. These will be uploaded to the Guild Archive shortly. Future projects will include census returns, IGI, wills, burials, etc.

DNA project

This is something that I may undertake at a later date - please get in touch if you are interested in taking part.

Links

My website is at:-

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hicklin/

The late Malcolm Hickling's website is still online at:-

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hickling/

Hilary Jackson's Hickling Genealogy Page is at:-

http://www.hilarymaryjackson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Hickling.htm

If you would like your Hicklin/Hickling/Iceling/Ickling related web site including here please contact me.

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mrs Diane Hicklin
3 Southworth Rd,
Breedon on the Hill,
Derby
DE73 8LU
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 15 May 2009.

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