How common is the surname Ulrich?

16,668 people in the United States had the surname Ulrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,523 Americans. It ranked 2,180th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ulrich?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ulrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ulrich?

Skeet Ulrich, American actor (born 1970), followed by Christian Ulrich.

Where is the surname Ulrich most common?

Wikidata records people named Ulrich in the United States and Hungary.

Is the surname Ulrich getting more or less common?

More common. 16,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,668 in 2010, up 0.6%.

Is Ulrich also a first name?

Yes. Ulrich is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ulrich

A surname, carried by 16,668 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U462 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ulrich is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Ullrich.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,668 people named Ulrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,523 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,575.

#2,180

rank among US surnames

16,668

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,171	Schrader	16,727	18,458
#2,172	Burnette	16,717	18,469
#2,173	Maguire	16,713	18,473
#2,174	Doran	16,704	18,483
#2,175	Calloway	16,689	18,500
#2,177	Purvis	16,686	18,503
#2,179	Acuna	16,683	18,507

Who is named Ulrich

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

95% of people named Ulrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ulrichs

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Skeet Ulrich
American actor (born 1970)
Christian Ulrich
Austrian architect (1836–1909)
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
American historian, born 1938
Dave Ulrich
American academic, born 1953
Eugene Ulrich
American academic, born 1938
Jing Ulrich
American banker, board member, born 1967
Charles Frederic Ulrich
American painter (1858-1908)
Tracii Guns
American guitarist, born 1966
Lenore Ulric
American actress (1892-1970)

Notable Ulrichs come mostly from the United States (8) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ulrich

Ullrich

Ulrich has the Soundex code U462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U462.

Questions

Where does the surname Ulrich come from?: Variant of Ullrich.
How common is the surname Ulrich?: 16,668 people in the United States had the surname Ulrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,523 Americans. It ranked 2,180th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ulrich?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ulrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ulrich?: Skeet Ulrich, American actor (born 1970), followed by Christian Ulrich.
Where is the surname Ulrich most common?: Wikidata records people named Ulrich in the United States and Hungary.
Is the surname Ulrich getting more or less common?: More common. 16,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,668 in 2010, up 0.6%.
Is Ulrich also a first name?: Yes. Ulrich is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.