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    The surname Wick

    An English surname, carried by 8,333 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W200

    Wick: #4,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wick #4,253, 8,333 people Wick: #4,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wick #4,253, 8,333 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wick is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,333 people named Wick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,051 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,057.

    #4,253
    rank among US surnames
    8,333
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,055)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,245Hennessey8,35736,945
    #4,246Cochrane8,35536,953
    #4,247Damron8,35436,958
    #4,248Williford8,35236,967
    #4,249Lovejoy8,35136,971
    #4,250Lister8,35036,976
    #4,251Gaddy8,34237,011

    Who is named Wick

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

    94% of people named Wick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wicks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Douglas Wick
      American film producer (born 1954)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wick

    Wick has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wick come from?
    From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).
    How common is the surname Wick?
    8,333 people in the United States had the surname Wick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,051 Americans. It ranked 4,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wick?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wick?
    Douglas Wick, American film producer (born 1954).
    Where is the surname Wick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wick in the United States.
    Is the surname Wick getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,333 in 2010, up 3.4%.