Last Name HENDRICK

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Meaning	The son of Henry. Duch Hendrik. Immigration has added Hendricks and Henriques to the London Directory, but Hendrick and Hendricks represent much earlier importation from the Low Countries. The 'd' is intrusive, as in Hendry for Henry.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank	4,128 (2000 US census)	3,447 (1990 US census)

Count	7,939 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

86.55%, or 6871 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.37%, or 744 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.44%, or 35 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.23%, or 98 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.89%, or 150 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...