Explore the Family Name Lickey

The meaning of Lickey

1. English: probably a topographic name for someone living in the Lickey Hills, southwest of Birmingham. 2. Perhaps an altered form of Scottish Leckie.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Lickey" experienced a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 53,904th most common surname, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 60,636th position, marking a decrease in popularity by 12.49%. Similarly, the count of individuals with the Lickey surname dropped from 359 in 2000 to 332 in 2010—a 7.52% drop. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of the surname also decreased from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2010, signifying a 15.38% decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,904	#60,636	-12.49%
Count	359	332	-7.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lickey

With regard to the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lickey, there were noticeable changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 95.54% of individuals with the surname identified as White, and this percentage slightly increased to 97.29% by 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Black, however, went from 2.51% in 2000 down to zero in 2010. Interestingly, individuals who identified with two or more races appeared in the 2010 census at 1.81%, having not been represented in the 2000 census. There was no representation of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.54%	97.29%	1.83%
Two or More Races	0%	1.81%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.51%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%