Rieck

English

Etymology

• As a south German surname, variant of a personal name derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi + *gaiʀ (“spear”), similar to the English name Roger.
• As a north German surname, from a personal name derived from *rīkī (“powerful, mighty”).
• As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from rjek (“hero”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Old High German reccho (“adventurer”).

Compare Reck.

Proper noun

Rieck (plural Riecks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rieck is the 11132^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2847 individuals. Rieck is most common among White (97.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rieck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Erick, Ricke, crike, erick, icker