The Rick surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,591 people carried this name — #7,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is down 11% from 5,172 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Rick.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 60 people named Rick live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in La Pampa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Rick live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 the Nordic population registers
162 people named Rick is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Rick in American newspapers,
1887–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 702,878 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rick,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Rick 1815–1881 · writer
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Johannes Rick 1869–1946 · botanical collector
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Johannes Rick 1869–1946 · botanical collector
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Iulian Rick 1889–1944 · geographer
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Josef Rick 1912–2001 · politician
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Charles M. Rick 1915–2002 · botanist
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rick.
- Richer 2,513 · U.S. census
- Richert 2,910 · U.S. census
- Richmond 37,053 · U.S. census
- Richoux 537 · U.S. census
- Richter 29,880 · U.S. census
- Richy 134 · U.S. census
- Rico 25,954 · U.S. census
- Ricord 242 · U.S. census
- Ricotta 872 · U.S. census
- Rideau 919 · U.S. census
- Ridel 214 · U.S. census
- Ridolfi 523 · U.S. census
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