The Dominick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,149 people carried this name — #6,576 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,862 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dominick surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Dominic’.

His entry covers Dominey, Dominy and Dominick.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 247 · public domain.

In print

Dominick in American newspapers,
1913.

Newspaper page from Wausau Pilot carrying the name Dominick
Wausau Pilot 1913-06-24
Newspaper page from Wausau Pilot carrying the name Dominick
Wausau Pilot 1913-04-29
Newspaper page from Wausau Pilot carrying the name Dominick
Wausau Pilot 1913-06-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,946 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dominick in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,828 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dominick. The most, 325, date from the 1870s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 822
Victoria 581
South Australia 176
Queensland 92
Tasmania 77
Western Australia 42
ACT (Canberra) 31
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dominick.

Who carried it

People named Dominick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick H. Dominick
    Frederick H. Dominick 1877–1960 · lawyer
  • Peter H. Dominick
    Peter H. Dominick 1915–1981 · lawyer
  • Christopher Dominick d. 1692
  • Bayard Dominick 1850–1914
  • Bayard Dominick 1873–1941
  • Helen Babcock Dominick 1880–1967

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dominick,
in the records of 5 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 States625 records

625 records of the Dominick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 211
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 159
  • Other U.S. records 255
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John H. Dominick

    Born 1919 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; auto mechanic from Morrison County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at St Joseph's Cemetery, Pierz, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Dominick

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Italia from Swinemunde, aged 26; servant. From Klanin, Germany; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charlie Dominick

    Born 1949; from Bremen, Georgia. U.S. Army, field artillery radar crewmember; died in an accident 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 625 records for Dominick in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany63 records

63 records of the Dominick 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 Friedrich Dominick

    Born 1890; from Reutnitz. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 30 December 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Dominick

    From Mödrath. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 3 August 1916 (Fusilier Regiment No. 39).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Dominick

    From Mödrath, Bergheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 13 March 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 68).

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

Showing 3 of 63 records for Dominick in Germany.

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).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Dominick name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Other Australian records 7
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Dominick

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Triumph, arriving 1853; ticket of leave 1860.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Dorothea Mary Dominick

    Retired secretary of Box Hill, Victoria; died 1994.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John Dominick

    Left Hobart in 1831 aboard the Resource, bound for Sydney, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Dominick in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Dominick name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Rose Dominick

    Buried in 1992 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kenjo Dominick

    Died 1916 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Saliva Dominick

    Married 1911 in Lourdes, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Dominick in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands10 records

10 records of the Dominick name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Dominick

    Married in 1922 in 's-Gravenhage; "theatercostumière".

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Wilhelmina Dominick

    Died 1892 in Groesbeek, aged 74.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register David Dominick

    In the population register of Zutphen; born 1862 in Zutphen.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Dominick in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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