# Crick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname derived from the placename.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,430 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,703 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,056 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (2,354 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The Northamptonshire place-name is from Proto-Brythonic *krʉg (“heap, mound”) (itself from Proto-Celtic *krouk-; cf. Welsh crug).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crick in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Carrick, Carico, Crisci, Cruz, Craig, Cross, Church, Carrasco, Crews, Crouch, Caruso, Crook.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.