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

Lydick, 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 Lydick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lydick in America

Lydick is the 22450th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lydick surname appeared 1,146 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 Lydick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lydick 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 Lydick

The surname Lydick is believed to have originated in England, with the earliest records dating back to the late 16th century. It is thought to be a variant spelling of the place name Lydiate, a village located in West Lancashire, England.

Lydiate is derived from the Old English words "hlid" meaning "hill" and "geat" meaning "gate," suggesting that the place name and subsequently the surname Lydick refer to a gate or entrance located on a hill. The earliest recorded spelling of the place name was "Lidyate" in the Lancashire Inquisitions of 1586.

One of the earliest documented instances of the surname Lydick can be found in the parish records of St. Mary's Church in Chester, England, where a certain Henry Lydick was recorded as having been baptized in 1612. The name also appears in the Hearth Tax Rolls for Lancashire in 1664, with a John Lydick listed as a taxpayer.

In the 18th century, the Lydick surname can be found in various records, including the marriage of William Lydick and Mary Barker in 1745 at St. Michael's Church in Aughton, Lancashire. Another notable example is Thomas Lydick, a schoolmaster from Liverpool who published a popular arithmetic textbook in 1796.

As the name spread across England, variations in spelling emerged, including Liddigate, Liddycoat, and Liddygate. One notable bearer of the name was Sir Edward Liddiard Meredith Lydick (1837-1912), a British diplomat and politician who served as the Governor of the Bahamas from 1890 to 1895.

In the United States, the Lydick surname can be traced back to the 18th century, with early settlers arriving from England and Scotland. One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was John Lydick, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and later served in the American Revolutionary War.

Other notable individuals with the Lydick surname include James Lydick (1789-1868), a pioneer settler in Indiana and founder of the town of Lydick, and William Lydick (1826-1898), a Union soldier during the American Civil War who later became a prominent lawyer and judge in Ohio.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lydick

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

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 Lydick 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 Lydick 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 Lydick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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