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    The surname Messick

    A surname, carried by 6,441 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M220

    Messick: #5,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Messick #5,404, 6,441 people Messick: #5,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Messick #5,404, 6,441 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Messick is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,441 people named Messick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,934 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,349.

    #5,404
    rank among US surnames
    6,441
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,070)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,396Blanchette6,45247,853
    #5,397Blaine6,45147,860
    #5,399Eberhardt6,45047,868
    #5,400Rounds6,44747,890
    #5,401Abad6,44647,897
    #5,402Walther6,44447,912
    #5,403Payan6,44347,920

    Who is named Messick

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

    94% of people named Messick identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Messicks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Don Messick
      American voice actor (1926–1997)
    • Dale Messick
      American cartoonist (1906-2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Messick

    Messick has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Messick?
    6,441 people in the United States had the surname Messick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,934 Americans. It ranked 5,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Messick?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Messick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Messick?
    Don Messick, American voice actor (1926–1997), followed by Dale Messick.
    Where is the surname Messick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Messick in the United States.
    Is the surname Messick getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,441 in 2010, up 1.4%.