Hicks

151,942 people in the United States were counted with the surname Hicks in the 2020 census, making it the 174th most common in the country. That is about one person in 1,967.

By the numbers

People: 151,942
Rank: 174th
How common: 1 in 1,967
Per 100,000: 50.8

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Hicks described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 64.5%
Black, not Hispanic 26.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Hicks

John Richard Hicks (1904–1989)British economist
Bill Hicks (1961–1994)American comedian
Catherine Hicks (born 1951)American retired actress
Adam Hicks (born 1992)American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter
Thomas Hicks (1876–1952)American track and field athlete
Hope Hicks (born 1988)American public relations executive and political advisor
Taylor Hicks (born 1976)American musician
Scott Hicks (born 1953)British-born Australian film director

People named Hicks with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Hicks

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.