How common is the surname Dicken?

2,517 people in the United States had the surname Dicken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,664 Americans. It ranked 12,351st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dicken?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dicken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Dicken?

Dicken is /ˈdɪkɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dicken getting more or less common?

More common. 2,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,517 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Dicken also a first name?

Yes. Dicken is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dicken

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,517 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪkɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex D250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dicken is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

From a medieval diminutive of Dick.

Dicken is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,517 people named Dicken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,664 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,411.

#12,351

rank among US surnames

2,517

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,889)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,348	Timmins	2,519	122,567
#12,350	Laubach	2,518	122,615
#12,351	Lobdell	2,517	122,664
#12,357	Desrochers	2,516	122,713

Who is named Dicken

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

95% of people named Dicken identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dicken

Dicken has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Questions

Where does the surname Dicken come from?: From a medieval diminutive of Dick.
How common is the surname Dicken?: 2,517 people in the United States had the surname Dicken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,664 Americans. It ranked 12,351st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dicken?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dicken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Dicken?: Dicken is /ˈdɪkɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dicken?: Dicken is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dicken getting more or less common?: More common. 2,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,517 in 2010, up 4.4%.
Is Dicken also a first name?: Yes. Dicken is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.