Frick: Surname History and Family Crest

Genealogists group Frick with Fricke. In origin, the name means “Little Friedrich”.

• The 2010 census count for Frick in the United States was 9,597, good for rank 3,702. Between 1891 and 2000, 1,020 babies born in France were registered as Frick, with the most births in 1921–1930.
• Other spellings include Fricks, Fricken and Frikke.
• Without the “e” of Fricke, Frick is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Family crest and blazon

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