The Hickok surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,645 people carried this name — #11,836 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted. That is down 11% from 2,987 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hickok surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Hickok and Hickcox.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 382 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hickok was counted together with Hicock: 72 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 419 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hicock, Hiccock, Hickcox, Hickock, Hickocks, Hickok, Hickoks, Hicocks, Hicox. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 48
New York 9
Massachusetts 8
Vermont 7

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hickok in American newspapers,
1911–1918.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Hickok
The Brandon News 1911-06-22
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Hickok
The Poplar Standard 1918-04-25
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Hickok
The Ronan Pioneer 1918-04-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,723 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hickok in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

44 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hickok. The most, 12, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 15
Victoria 9
Western Australia 6
South Australia 4
Queensland 3
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hickok,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Laurens Perseus Hickok
    Laurens Perseus Hickok 1798–1888 · pastor
  • Wild Bill Hickok
    Wild Bill Hickok 1837–1876 · actor
  • Howard Russell Hickok
    Howard Russell Hickok 1870–1926 · military leader
  • Lorena Hickok
    Lorena Hickok 1893–1968 · writer
  • Agnes Lake Hickok 1826–1907 · artist
  • Addison Hickok 1858–

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 Hickok,
in the records of the United States.

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 States282 records

282 records of the Hickok name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 103
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 75
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roger Alan Hickok

    Born 1949; from Santa Maria, California. U.S. Army, light wheel vehicle mechanic; died in service 1970 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elver L. Hickok

    Born 1918. Enlisted 1944 at San Francisco, California; welder from Santa Clara County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Alex Marshall from Liverpool, aged 60; weaver. From Carribean Islands, Great Britain.

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

Showing 3 of 282 records for Hickok in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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