The surname Dickenson
A patronymic surname, carried by 4,575 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈdɪkɪnsən/ 3 syllables Soundex D252
Origin
From Dicken + -son.
Dickenson 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 4,575 people named Dickenson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,485 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,411.
Who is named Dickenson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Dickenson identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Dickenson has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dickenson come from?
- From Dicken + -son.
- How common is the surname Dickenson?
- 4,575 people in the United States had the surname Dickenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,485 Americans. It ranked 7,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dickenson?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dickenson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Dickenson?
- Dickenson is /ˈdɪkɪnsən/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Dickenson?
- Dickenson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dickenson getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,575 in 2010, up 3.7%.