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The surname Chick

A surname, carried by 4,517 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C200

Chick: #7,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chick #7,377, 4,517 people Chick: #7,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chick #7,377, 4,517 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chick is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,517 people named Chick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,130.

#7,377
rank among US surnames
4,517
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
+9.4%
change since 2000 (was #7,433)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,368Eckhardt4,52068,307
#7,369Cassady4,51968,322
#7,373Zander4,51868,337
#7,377Chick4,51768,352
#7,380Dabbs4,51668,367
#7,381Bhatia4,51568,382
#7,382Schlabach4,51468,397

Who is named Chick

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

84% of people named Chick identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 84%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chicks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jack T. Chick
    American Christian cartoonist (1924–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chick

Chick has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

How common is the surname Chick?
4,517 people in the United States had the surname Chick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. It ranked 7,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chick?
In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Chick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chick?
Jack T. Chick, American Christian cartoonist (1924–2016).
Where is the surname Chick most common?
Wikidata records people named Chick in the United States.
Is the surname Chick getting more or less common?
More common. 4,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,517 in 2010, up 9.4%.
Is Chick also a first name?
Yes. Chick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.