Explore the Family Name Golick

The meaning of Golick

1. Americanized form of Polish, Croatian, and Jewish Golik, Czech Golík. 2. Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Golić, Slovenian Golič (see Golic).

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How common is the last name Golick in the United States?

The surname Golick declined in popularity between 2000 and 2010, as revealed by the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 58,999th, but by 2010, it had dropped to 77,264th—a decrease of nearly 31 percent. The total count of people with the surname also decreased by almost 23 percent, from 321 in 2000 to just 248 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Golick surname per 100,000 people also fell by 33.33 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,999	#77,264	-30.96%
Count	321	248	-22.74%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.08	-33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Golick

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of people with the surname Golick identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 95.02 percent identified as White, and this figure slightly increased to 95.16 percent in 2010. There was an absence of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during the two censuses. However, there was a noticeable increase of those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 2.49 percent in 2000 to 3.23 percent in 2010—a growth of almost 30 percent. Interestingly, individuals who identified as being of two or more races were reported in 2000 at 1.56 percent, but no such individuals were recorded in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.02%	95.16%	0.15%
Hispanic	2.49%	3.23%	29.72%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.56%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%