How common is the surname Myrick?

13,236 people in the United States had the surname Myrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,326 Americans. It ranked 2,720th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Myrick?

Sue Myrick, American politician, followed by Daniel Myrick.

Where is the surname Myrick most common?

Wikidata records people named Myrick in the United States.

Is the surname Myrick getting more or less common?

More common. 12,896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,236 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Myrick

A surname, carried by 13,236 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Myrick is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Merrick.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,236 people named Myrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,326 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,896.

#2,720

rank among US surnames

13,236

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,576)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,711	Noonan	13,286	23,238
#2,712	Spear	13,284	23,242
#2,713	Pressley	13,281	23,247
#2,714	Felder	13,257	23,289
#2,715	Jameson	13,255	23,293
#2,716	Wahl	13,253	23,296
#2,717	Archuleta	13,248	23,305

Who is named Myrick

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

64% of people named Myrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Myricks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sue Myrick
American politician, born 1941
Daniel Myrick
American film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Myrick

Myrick has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

Where does the surname Myrick come from?: Variant of Merrick.
How common is the surname Myrick?: 13,236 people in the United States had the surname Myrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,326 Americans. It ranked 2,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Myrick?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Myrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Myrick?: Sue Myrick, American politician, followed by Daniel Myrick.
Where is the surname Myrick most common?: Wikidata records people named Myrick in the United States.
Is the surname Myrick getting more or less common?: More common. 12,896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,236 in 2010, up 2.6%.