Explore the Family Name Pedrick

The meaning of Pedrick

Cornish: from the Cornish personal name Pedrek, a saint’s name which is often met in the learned form Petrock. Pedrek is patron saint of Padstow (‘parish of Saint Pethericke alias Padistow’), but examples of the surname are not likely to be derived from the placename.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Pedrick has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pedrick was ranked as the 18,269th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 19,614th spot, a decrease of 7.36%. The overall count of people with this surname also decreased from 1,401 in 2000 to 1,375 in 2010, showing a drop of 1.86%. Additionally, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people witnessed a reduction of 9.62%, moving from 0.52 in 2000 to 0.47 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,269	#19,614	-7.36%
Count	1,401	1,375	-1.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.52	0.47	-9.62%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pedrick

Regarding the ethnicity of individuals with the surname Pedrick, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority identify as White, increasing slightly from 95.43% in 2000 to 96.65% in 2010. Individuals identifying as Hispanic saw a slight increase from 0.64% to 0.73% over the same period. The number of people identifying as Black halved from 1.93% to 0.87%. Those reporting two or more races dropped by 25%, from 1.36% to 1.02%. There were no reported individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity in 2000, however, by 2010, they each made up 0.36% of the Pedricks.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.43%	96.65%	1.28%
Two or More Races	1.36%	1.02%	-25%
Black	1.93%	0.87%	-54.92%
Hispanic	0.64%	0.73%	14.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.36%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.36%	0%