# Schick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schick/  
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 | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,967 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,742 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (5,885 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective Schick (“well-mannered, proper”) (see below). This is also borrowed into Czech as Šik, compare Sik. * Also as a German surname, variant of Schiek, itself a variant of Schieck, from Middle High German schiec (“twisted, crooked”) (compare modern schief). Compare Shick, Sheek.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schick 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schick in the United States and Austria.

## People named Schick

- Jacob Schick, American businessman (1877-1937)
- Thorsten Schick, Austrian association football player
- Pandora Peaks, American model and pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Schuck, Schock, Scheck, Schack, Schoch, Shick, Shaik, Sick, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook.

## 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.