Blick Family History
Blick Name Meaning
English: unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blician).Jewish (Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German: Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German: short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
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Name Distribution of Blick Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Blick families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Blick families
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51 - 99 18 - 50 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Blick families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Blick Family Origin
Blick Immigration Information
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