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    The surname Schick

    A German surname, carried by 5,967 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Schick: #5,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schick #5,801, 5,967 people Schick: #5,801 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schick #5,801, 5,967 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schick is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,967 people named Schick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,742 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,885.

    #5,801
    rank among US surnames
    5,967
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,437)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,794Costanzo5,97051,716
    #5,796Slate5,96951,725
    #5,799Truax5,96851,734
    #5,801Schick5,96751,742
    #5,802Kiernan5,96651,751
    #5,804Sadowski5,96551,760
    #5,805Hendershot5,96351,777

    Who is named Schick

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

    96% of people named Schick identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schicks

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jacob Schick
      American businessman (1877-1937)
    • Thorsten Schick
      Austrian association football player, born 1990
    • Pandora Peaks
      American model and pornographic actress, born 1964

    Notable Schicks come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schick

    Schick has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schick come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Schick?
    5,967 people in the United States had the surname Schick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,742 Americans. It ranked 5,801st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schick?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schick?
    Jacob Schick, American businessman (1877-1937), followed by Thorsten Schick.
    Where is the surname Schick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schick in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Schick getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,967 in 2010, up 1.4%.