Skip to content

The surname Derrickson

A surname, carried by 1,384 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D625

Derrickson: #19,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Derrickson #19,513, 1,384 people Derrickson: #19,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Derrickson #19,513, 1,384 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Derrickson is more common than 88% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,384 people named Derrickson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,383.

#19,513
rank among US surnames
1,384
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+0.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,437)

Who is named Derrickson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Derrickson identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 80%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Derrickson

Derrickson has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.

Questions

How common is the surname Derrickson?
1,384 people in the United States had the surname Derrickson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. It ranked 19,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Derrickson?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Derrickson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Derrickson getting more or less common?
More common. 1,383 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,384 in 2010, up 0.1%.