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The Pick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,442 people carried this name — #9,451 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,144 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

130 people named Pick have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 183 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

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

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 47
Pomeranian 34
West Pomeranian 17
Masovian 14
Warmian-Masurian 8
Greater Poland 6
Lubusz 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Pick.

22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 22
Nord 14
Bas-Rhin 12
Moselle 11
Paris 7
Haute-Marne 5
Pas-de-Calais 3
Aisne 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Pick live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 14
Vaud 11
Thurgau 8
St. Gallen 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Pick in American newspapers,
1891–1919.

Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Pick
The Glasgow Courier 1919-01-24
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Pick
The Colfax Chronicle 1891-08-01
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Pick
Daily Kennebec Journal 1918-09-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,408,900 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugène Pick
    Eugène Pick 1823–1882 · bookseller
  • Philipp Josef Pick
    Philipp Josef Pick 1834–1910 · physician
  • Siegfried Pick d. 1943
  • Jiřina Pick d. 1944
  • Adam Pick 1621–1659 · painter
  • Frédéric Alphonse Pick 1808–1896 · playwright

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pick is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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