Find out how popular the last name Blick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Blick.

Blick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Blick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blick in America

Blick is the 19590th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blick surname appeared 1,377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Blick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Blick

The surname Blick originated in Germany, where it first appeared around the 12th century. It is derived from the Middle Low German word "blik," meaning "glance" or "gaze." This surname was likely given to someone with a distinctive or piercing gaze.

In early records, the name appeared with various spellings, including Blick, Blicke, and Blycke. It was common for surnames to evolve from descriptive nicknames during the Middle Ages, as people adopted hereditary surnames.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Blick can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of historical documents from Saxony, where a person named Heinrich Blick was mentioned in 1292.

The name also appeared in the Bürgerschaftsbücher (citizen books) of various German cities, such as Hamburg and Lübeck, during the 14th and 15th centuries. These records often listed occupations, and some Blicks were identified as merchants or tradesmen.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname Blick was Hans Blick, a German painter and engraver who was active in Nuremberg between 1530 and 1550. His works included woodcuts and engravings depicting biblical scenes and illustrations for books.

Another historical figure was Johann Blick, a German theologian and writer from Saxony who lived from 1635 to 1701. He authored several religious works and served as a pastor in various churches.

In the 18th century, Johann Friedrich Blick (1716-1782) was a German composer and organist from Saxony. He composed church cantatas and other sacred works, and served as the organist at the Kreuzkirche in Dresden.

In the 19th century, Carl Blick (1826-1895) was a German-American painter and lithographer. He emigrated to the United States in the 1850s and settled in New York City, where he worked as a portrait painter and lithographer for various publications.

The surname Blick also appeared in England, where it was likely introduced by German immigrants. One notable English figure was Sir Charles Blick (1855-1944), a businessman and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Deptford from 1906 to 1918.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Blick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Blick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Blick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Blick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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