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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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Eugène Pick 1823–1882 · bookseller -
Philipp Josef Pick 1834–1910 · physician -
Siegfried Pick d. 1943
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Jiřina Pick d. 1944
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Adam Pick 1621–1659 · painter
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Frédéric Alphonse Pick 1808–1896 · playwright
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pick.
- Pich 929 · U.S. census
- Pichard 108 · U.S. census
- Piche 2,025 · U.S. census
- Picher 149 · U.S. census
- Pichoff 169 · U.S. census
- Pichon 1,339 · U.S. census
- Pico 1,678 · U.S. census
- Picolo 124 · U.S. census
- Picon 1,135 · U.S. census
- Picone 2,278 · U.S. census
- Picot 343 · U.S. census
- Picou 1,982 · U.S. census
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