Explore the Family Name Schicker

The meaning of Schicker

German: variant of Schick 1, or from Middle High German schicken ‘to make (something) happen, arrange, prepare’, ‘order’.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Schicker has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped from 43,629 in 2000 to 44,034 in 2010, marking a decrease of 0.93%. However, the count of individuals with this surname has increased by 4.94% over the same period of time, rising from 466 to 489. The proportion of people with the Schicker surname per 100,000 remained stable at 0.17.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,629	#44,034	-0.93%
Count	466	489	4.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.17	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Schicker

When it comes to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Schicker identify as White, although there has been a slight decrease in this demographic from 96.57% in 2000 to 94.27% in 2010. The Hispanic representation within the Schicker surname population saw the largest change, increasing by 77.33% from 1.50% in 2000 to 2.66% in 2010. Individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander made up 1.02% of the Schicker surname population in 2010, down from 1.07% in 2000. In 2010, 1.84% identified as belonging to two or more races, a category for which the data was suppressed (S) in 2000. There were no individuals with the surname Schicker who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.57%	94.27%	-2.38%
Hispanic	1.5%	2.66%	77.33%
Two or More Races	0%	1.84%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.07%	1.02%	-4.67%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%