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    The surname Dicker

    A surname, carried by 1,225 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D260

    Dicker: #21,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dicker #21,371, 1,225 people Dicker: #21,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dicker #21,371, 1,225 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dicker is more common than 86.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,225 people named Dicker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

    #21,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,225
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,491)

    Who is named Dicker

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

    86% of people named Dicker identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dicker

    Dicker has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dicker?
    1,225 people in the United States had the surname Dicker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dicker?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dicker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dicker getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 4.4%.