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The BRICK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,133 9518 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 1,311 4346 0.003 26
Change since 1880 +1822 -5172 -0.002 -14
Other Countries
Australia 137 10728 0.001 8
United Kingdom 398 10473 0.001 9
Top States for BRICK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 341 5524 0.002 18
California 259 9813 0.001 8
Pennsylvania 220 6703 0.002 18
Florida 199 9117 0.001 12
Minnesota 188 3448 0.004 38
Top States for BRICK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Dakota 92 914 0.012 122
Minnesota 188 3448 0.004 38
Wisconsin 177 4267 0.003 33
West Virginia 34 4843 0.002 19
Iowa 54 8093 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BRICK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BRICK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BRICK in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BRICK by picking someone at random in South Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BRICK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BRICK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BRICK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BRICK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 56 1.79
Black/African American 45 1.44
Mixed Race 26 0.83
Asian/Pacific 16 0.51
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.32
White (Caucasian) 2,980 95.12

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BRICK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BRICK in historical publications

A corruption of Breck (which see). We cut the following, on this name, from a newspaper: A certain college-professor, who had assembled his class at the commencement of the term, was reading over the list of names to see that all were present. It chanced that one of the number was unknown to the professor, having just entered the class. "What is your name, sir?" asked the professor, looking through his spectacles. "You are a brick," was the startling reply. "Sir," said the professor, half starting out of his chair at the supposed impertinence, but not quite sure that he understood him correctly, "sir, I did not exactly understand your answer." "You are a brick," was again the composed reply. "This is intolerable," said the professor, his face reddening; "beware, young man, how you attempt to insult me." "Insult you !" said the student, in turn astonished. "How have I done it?" "Did you not say I was a brick?" returned the professor, with stifled indignation. "No, sir; you asked me my name, and I answered your question. My name is U. R. A. Brick--Uriah Reynolds Anderson Brick." "Ah, indeed," murmured the professor, sinking back into his seat in confusion--"it was a misconception on my part. Will you commence the lesson, Mr. Brick?"

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BRICK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BRICK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

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Potential typos for BRICK

The following words are slight variants of BRICK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.