Ulbricht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ulbricht.

Proper noun

Ulbricht (plural Ulbrichts)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2023, Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990, Random House, →ISBN, page 249:

     While Ulbricht technically remained in office as Chairman of the State Council, a position that ostensibly gave him a role as elder statesman, he was sidelined by Honecker with systematic ruthlessness.

   • 2025 January 20, Jacob Sullum, “Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht”, in Reason‎^[1]:

     Two weeks before Ulbricht was sentenced, his lawyer sought to dispel the notion that his website, which enabled people around the world to anonymously buy politically disfavored intoxicants with bitcoin via the Tor network, was "a more dangerous version of a traditional drug marketplace."

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ulbricht is the 41728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Ulbricht is most common among White (96.16%) individuals.

Further reading

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