# Rieck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rieck/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,847 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,132 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 108,446 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (2,902 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a south German surname, variant of a personal name derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi + *gaiʀ (“spear”), similar to the English name Roger. * As a north German surname, from a personal name derived from *rīkī (“powerful, mighty”). * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from rjek (“hero”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Old High German reccho (“adventurer”). Compare Reck.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rieck 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Similar surnames

Rico, Rick, Reck, Rickey, Rieke, Ricke, Rike, Rice, Rich, Ricks, Ries, Rizk.

## 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.