The Musick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,972 people carried this name — #5,033 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,549 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 29 people named Musick live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 29

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Musick in American newspapers,
1833.

Newspaper page from New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal carrying the name Musick
New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal 1833-10-12
Newspaper page from New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal carrying the name Musick
New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal 1833-11-02
Newspaper page from New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal carrying the name Musick
New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal 1833-08-31

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

Who carried it

People named Musick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John R. Musick 1849–1901 · lawyer
  • Henry L. Musick 1862–1912 · miner
  • Charles W. Musick 1863–1931
  • Ed Musick 1894–1938 · aircraft pilot
  • Archie Musick 1902–1978 · painter
  • Jim Musick 1910–1992 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Musick,
in the records of 3 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 States294 records

294 records of the Musick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Avery B. Musick

    Born 1924 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Abingdon; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1997, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Emma Musick

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Hohenstaufen from Bremen, aged 28; farmer. From Saxony, Germany.

    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 Orville D. Musick

    Born 1930; from Monterey County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 294 records for Musick 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Germany21 records

21 records of the Musick 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 Gustav Musick

    From Rauen, Beeskow-Storkow. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 11 December 1918 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 82).

    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 Friedrich Musick

    From Milken, Lötzen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 13 July 1918.

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

Showing 2 of 21 records for Musick 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Musick name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gordon Harold Musick

    Died 1943 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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