The Sick surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 680 people carried this name — #33,530 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 7% from 734 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Sick.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
34 people named Sick live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sick,
with a public archive behind them.
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Theodor Bernhard Sick 1827–1893 · composer -
Ingeborg Maria Sick 1858–1951 · writer -
Max Sick 1882–1961 · entertainer -
Daniel Wilhelm Sick 1757–1794 · teacher
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Johann Christian Sick 1766–1824 · silversmith
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Wilhelm Sick 1837–1899 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sick.
- Sicard 1,947 · U.S. census
- Sichel 309 · U.S. census
- Sicher 292 · U.S. census
- Sichler 149 · U.S. census
- Sicilia 903 · U.S. census
- Siciliano 3,464 · U.S. census
- Sicre 114 · U.S. census
- Sid 209 · U.S. census
- Sider 425 · U.S. census
- Sidi 205 · U.S. census
- Sidibe 624 · U.S. census
- Sidler 461 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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