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    The surname Emerick

    A surname, carried by 6,333 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E562

    Emerick: #5,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Emerick #5,494, 6,333 people Emerick: #5,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Emerick #5,494, 6,333 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Emerick is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,333 people named Emerick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,752 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,751.

    #5,494
    rank among US surnames
    6,333
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,551)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,489Landaverde6,33648,729
    #5,492Hoagland6,33548,736
    #5,493Wimmer6,33448,744
    #5,494Buehler6,33348,752

    Who is named Emerick

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

    94% of people named Emerick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Emericks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shannon Emerick
      American actress, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Emerick

    Emerick has the Soundex code E562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E562.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Emerick?
    6,333 people in the United States had the surname Emerick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,752 Americans. It ranked 5,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Emerick?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Emerick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Emerick?
    Shannon Emerick, American actress.
    Where is the surname Emerick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Emerick in the United States.
    Is the surname Emerick getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,751 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,333 in 2010, up 10%.