# Fick (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,311 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,405 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,133 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (5,298 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a North/Low German surname, from a pet form of the name Friedrich. * As an English surname, perhaps from an adjective meaning "to move quickly," see the verbs fidge, fig. Compare Figg. * Alternatively as an English surname, from a nickname derived from Old English gefic (“deceitful”), compare the adjective fickle. See Ficker. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French fike, a northern variant of fiche (“pointed implement”), presumably related to the verb ficher (“to drive in”). See Fitch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fick 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Fike, Fisk, Fiske, Fisch, Fox, Fish, Foss, Fuchs, Fusco, Fuqua, Fazio, Fogg.

## 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.