The Emerick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,333 people carried this name — #5,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,751 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Emerick surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Emerick and Emerich.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 273 · public domain.

In print

Emerick in American newspapers,
1890–1928.

Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Emerick
The Wolf Point Herald 1928-08-17
Newspaper page from The Cleveland Gazette carrying the name Emerick
The Cleveland Gazette 1890-11-29
Newspaper page from The Cleveland Gazette carrying the name Emerick
The Cleveland Gazette 1891-01-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,240 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Emerick in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

638 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Emerick. The most, 158, date from the 1960s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 608
New South Wales 18
Victoria 6
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Emerick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert G. Emerick
    Albert G. Emerick 1817–1898
  • Bob Emerick 1912–2003 · American football player
  • Harry Franklin Emerick 1919– · writer
  • Geoff Emerick 1945–2018 · audio engineer
  • Yahiya Emerick 1971–2026 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Emerick,
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 States491 records

491 records of the Emerick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 239
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 72
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Floyd E. Emerick

    Born 1914 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Clarksburg; driver from Wood County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenwood Cemetery - Wheeling, West Virginia.

    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 Robert K. Emerick

    Born 1931; from Seneca County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lisette Emerick

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of Bristol from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Switzerland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 491 records for Emerick in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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. 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Emerick name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Davis Emerick

    Buried in 1895 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herbert Stanley Emerick

    Buried in 1986 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Edgar Emerick

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Emerick in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Emerick name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rachel Emerick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1882 aboard the Northumberland, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Emerick in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Emerick name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Christina M. Emerick

    In the population register of Nijmegen; born 1833.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Barbara Emerick

    Baptised in 1647 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

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

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Emerick name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. J. Emerick

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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