How common is the surname Amick?

5,026 people in the United States had the surname Amick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,430 Americans. It ranked 6,718th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amick?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Amick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Amick?

Mädchen Amick, American actress (born 1970), followed by George Amick.

Where is the surname Amick most common?

Wikidata records people named Amick in the United States.

Is the surname Amick getting more or less common?

More common. 4,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,026 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Amick

A German surname, carried by 5,026 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amick is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably from German Emig, itself a reduced form of Emmerich.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,026 people named Amick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,430 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,926.

#6,718

rank among US surnames

5,026

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #6,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344
#6,711	Boyette	5,032	61,356
#6,713	Forde	5,031	61,369
#6,714	Briceno	5,030	61,381
#6,716	Parmer	5,029	61,393
#6,717	Brooke	5,027	61,417

Who is named Amick

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Amick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amicks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mädchen Amick
American actress (born 1970)
George Amick
American racing driver (1924–1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amick

Amick has the Soundex code A520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A520.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Amick come from?: Probably from German Emig, itself a reduced form of Emmerich.
How common is the surname Amick?: 5,026 people in the United States had the surname Amick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,430 Americans. It ranked 6,718th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amick?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Amick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Amick?: Mädchen Amick, American actress (born 1970), followed by George Amick.
Where is the surname Amick most common?: Wikidata records people named Amick in the United States.
Is the surname Amick getting more or less common?: More common. 4,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,026 in 2010, up 2.0%.