The Amick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,026 people carried this name — #6,718 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,926 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Amick surname

Probably from German Emig, itself a reduced form of Emmerich.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Amick» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Amick in American newspapers,
1893.

Newspaper page from The Rawlins Republican carrying the name Amick
The Rawlins Republican 1893-11-23
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Amick
The Saratoga Sun 1893-11-23
Newspaper page from Platte Valley Lyre carrying the name Amick
Platte Valley Lyre 1893-11-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Amick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Robert Amick 1903–1973 · writer
  • George Amick 1924–1959 · Formula One driver
  • Red Amick 1929–1995 · engineer
  • Steven H. Amick 1947–2019 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Amick,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States273 records

273 records of the Amick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 191
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin H. Amick

    Born 1919 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; upholsterer from Baltimore City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Timothy David Amick

    Born 1951; from St Petersburg, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James A. Amick

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1968, died 1992; buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 273 records for Amick in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Amick name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Emil Amick

    From Steinbach, Thann. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 25 July 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 120).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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