Glick Surname

32,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Glick Surname Definition:

(German) The lucky or fortunate man.

Glick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2621:27,3313,411
Israel2,6271:3,258448
Canada2201:167,48016,862
England1211:460,48030,233
Australia921:293,43225,879
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Wales91:343,83718,086
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
El Salvador81:792,9863,584
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3351:37,6174,462

Glick (47) may also be a first name.

Glick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The lucky or fortunate man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a female ancestor) This is the Yiddish (German, Gluck) derived from a popular name for women in the Middle Ages, Gluckel. The name was associated with the meaning of “luck,” and a number of family names were derived from it: Glick, Glickman, Glicksman, Glickstein, Glickberg, Glicksberg, Glickstern, Glickselig, Glickin. The Yiddish forms contain the element Glick and the older German forms retain the element Gluck.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Glick Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Glick Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Glick (Arabic: جليك) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Glick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glick? popularity and diffusion

Glick is the 32,289th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 441,723 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Glick reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 81 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 47 people.

The last name Glick is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 13,262 people, or 1 in 27,331. In The United States Glick is most frequent in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 11 percent are found and California, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Glick occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Glick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Glick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Glick surname expanded 993 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 378 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Glick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Glick surname is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Glick last name are 11.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.08% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Glick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.58% more than the national average, earning R 455,256 per year; in United States they earn 11.64% more than the national average, earning $48,171 USD per year and in Canada they earn 55.22% more than the national average, earning $77,118 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gleick9175/
Gluick9113/
Glicke916/
Glicks914/
Gllick911/
Glik89866/
Glic897/
Gillick832,319/
Gleicke8330/
Gellick834/
Gleicks831/
Gleichk831/
Glitcke831/
Glück8010,920/
Gluck807,759/
Glaic8018/
Gluic8017/
Gliks8016/
Glyck8015/
Glisk8015/
Gleck8011/
Glűck804/
Ghlik804/
Glisc801/
Glike801/
Gleik800/
Glischke7761/
Guillick7738/
Gilliock771/
Gellicks770/
Glueck731,813/
Glücks73267/
Gillic73111/
Güllik7333/
Gleeck7327/
Gleikh7326/
Gleike7316/
Gliske737/
Gleuck733/
Geelik732/
Glücke732/
Gllück731/
Glecke731/
Gleckt730/
Gletck730/
Gluk67221/
Glek67136/
Gillikh67113/
Glük676/
Glishke676/
Gylleck676/
Glikova675/
Glig672/
Glyk671/
Glyc671/
Glicova671/
Glec671/
Gellyck671/
Glix671/
Gliq671/
Guillic671/
Gilliok670/
Gelluck670/
Gilleck670/

Glick Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Glick in the Arabic language
جليكjlyk-

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