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

Ulrick, 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 Ulrick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ulrick in America

Ulrick is the 51396th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ulrick surname appeared 405 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 Ulrick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ulrick 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 Ulrick

The surname ULRICK is of German origin, derived from the Old German personal name Ulrich, which evolved from the Old High German name Uodalric. This name is composed of two elements: "uodal" meaning "ancestral heritage" and "ric" meaning "power" or "ruler." The name can be traced back to the 8th century in southern Germany and parts of Switzerland.

Records indicate the surname ULRICK was first used as a hereditary surname in the late 11th or early 12th century, particularly in the regions of Bavaria and Swabia. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name ULRICK can be found in the Codex Traditionum Ecclesiae Ratisbonensis, a medieval manuscript from the Regensburg monastery, which mentions an individual named Ulricus in the year 1120.

In the 13th century, the ULRICK surname appeared in various historical documents, such as the Urbarium Ratisponense, a land register from the Regensburg region, where several individuals with the surname ULRICK are listed as landowners or tenants.

Notable individuals with the surname ULRICK throughout history include:

1. Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), a German knight, scholar, and prominent figure in the Protestant Reformation.
2. Johan Georg Ulrick (1608-1680), a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics.
3. Christoph Friedrich Ulrick (1738-1813), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a professor of law at the University of Tübingen.
4. Johann Jakob Ulrick (1802-1873), a Swiss architect and urban planner known for his work in Zürich and other Swiss cities.
5. Ulrick Sorin (1867-1944), a French painter and illustrator known for his landscapes and depictions of rural life in France.

The surname ULRICK has also been associated with various place names throughout Germany and Switzerland, such as Ulrichshusen (now Ulrichshausen) in Bavaria, and Ulrichen, a municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ulrick

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

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

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Ulrick, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!