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

Uhlich, 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 Uhlich surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Uhlich in America

Uhlich is the 73911th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Uhlich surname appeared 262 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 Uhlich.

We can also compare 2010 data for Uhlich 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 Uhlich

The surname Uhlich is of German origin and dates back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old High German word "uhil," which means "owl." This suggests that the name may have originally been a descriptive nickname for someone who resembled or behaved like an owl.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Uhlich surname can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of historical documents from the region of Saxony, Germany. In this compilation, there is a reference to a man named Henricus Uhlich in the year 1324.

Another early record of the name comes from the town of Nördlingen in Bavaria, where a certain Johannes Uhlich is mentioned in a municipal register from 1428. This suggests that the name had spread beyond its initial region of origin by the 15th century.

In the 16th century, the Uhlich surname appears in various church records and parish registers across Germany. One notable example is the birth record of Hans Uhlich in the town of Rottenburg am Neckar in 1587.

The name Uhlich has also been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. In the 17th century, there was a German theologian and writer named Johann Uhlich (1605-1672), who served as a pastor in the town of Wittenberg.

Another notable bearer of the name was the German composer and organist Johann Georg Uhlich (1671-1751), who was born in Oelsnitz and worked in various cities across Saxony and Bohemia.

In the 19th century, there was a German painter named August Uhlich (1814-1889), who was born in Dresden and is known for his historical and genre paintings depicting scenes from everyday life.

One of the most famous individuals with the Uhlich surname was the German mathematician and physicist Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), whose mother's maiden name was Uhlich. Riemann is renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of mathematics, including the Riemann zeta function and Riemannian geometry.

Another notable bearer of the Uhlich name was the German-American architect and urban planner Werner Uhlich (1892-1977), who was born in Leipzig and later immigrated to the United States, where he designed several notable buildings and urban plans in the Chicago area.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Uhlich

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

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

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