Explore the Family Name Panick

The meaning of Panick

1. Americanized form of Slovak and Czech Pánik (see Panik). 2. Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Panić, Slovenian Panič (see Panic), and in some cases possibly also of Croatian and Serbian Penić, Slovenian Penič (see Penich).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Panick saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Panick was ranked 64,934th most common name in the U.S., with 286 people carrying the surname. By 2010, it had slipped to the 76,768th rank and the number of individuals with this last name had decreased to 250, representing a decline of 18.22% in rank and 12.59% in count. Additionally, the proportion of people with the Panick surname per 100,000 population fell by 27.27%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,934	#76,768	-18.22%
Count	286	250	-12.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.08	-27.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Panick

As for the ethnicity associated with the Panick surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, a significant majority identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, standing at 94.41% and 94.40% respectively. The percentage of those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native slightly increased from 2.10% in 2000 to 2.40% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more ethnicities were only recorded in 2000 at 2.10%. Meanwhile, Hispanic representation under the Panick surname emerged in 2010 at 2.40%. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black bearing the Panick surname during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.41%	94.4%	-0.01%
Hispanic	0%	2.4%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.1%	2.4%	14.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.1%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%