How common is the surname Resnick?

4,647 people in the United States had the surname Resnick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,440 Americans. It ranked 7,191st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Resnick?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Resnick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Resnick?

Mike Resnick, American writer (1942-2020), followed by David Resnick.

Where is the surname Resnick most common?

Wikidata records people named Resnick in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Resnick getting more or less common?

More common. 4,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,647 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Resnick

A surname, carried by 4,647 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Resnick is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,647 people named Resnick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,440 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,631.

#7,191

rank among US surnames

4,647

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,719)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,184	Hulett	4,652	66,368
#7,187	Maley	4,651	66,383
#7,189	Gaul	4,650	66,397
#7,191	Eichelberger	4,647	66,440
#7,194	Watford	4,646	66,454

Who is named Resnick

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

96% of people named Resnick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Resnicks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Resnick
American writer (1942-2020)
David Resnick
Architect (1924-2012)
Robert Resnick
American Physicist (1923-2014)

Notable Resnicks come mostly from the United States (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Resnick

Resnick has the Soundex code R252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R252.

Questions

How common is the surname Resnick?: 4,647 people in the United States had the surname Resnick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,440 Americans. It ranked 7,191st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Resnick?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Resnick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Resnick?: Mike Resnick, American writer (1942-2020), followed by David Resnick.
Where is the surname Resnick most common?: Wikidata records people named Resnick in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Resnick getting more or less common?: More common. 4,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,647 in 2010, up 0.3%.