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    The surname Shick

    A surname, carried by 2,451 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Shick: #12,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shick #12,627, 2,451 people Shick: #12,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shick #12,627, 2,451 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shick is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Schick. * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized from Šik. Compare Sick.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,451 people named Shick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,967 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,432.

    #12,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,451
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,795)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,622Hao2,452125,916
    #12,627Shick2,451125,967
    #12,636Mayor2,450126,019

    Who is named Shick

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

    94% of people named Shick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shick

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shick come from?
    * As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Schick. * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized from Šik. Compare Sick.
    How common is the surname Shick?
    2,451 people in the United States had the surname Shick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,967 Americans. It ranked 12,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shick?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Shick getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,451 in 2010, up 0.8%.