# Dickerson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dickerson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 51,889 |
| US rank (2010) | 659 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,950 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (51,017 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a diminutive of Dick + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dickerson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dickerson in the United States.

## People named Dickerson

- Chris Dickerson, American bodybuilder (1939–2021)
- Ernest Dickerson, American film director
- Mahlon Dickerson, American politician (1770-1853)
- Mary Cynthia Dickerson, American herpetologist, museum curator and magazine editor
- Michael Dickerson, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Marianne Dickerson, American distance runner (1960–2015)
- Eric Dickerson, American football player (born 1960)
- Landon Dickerson, American football player (born 1998)
- Corey Dickerson, American former professional baseball player and coach
- Denver S. Dickerson, 11th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party. (1872-1925)
- George Dickerson, American actor, writer and poet (1933-2015)
- John Dickerson, American journalist (born 1968)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Desrosiers, Desrochers, Degeorge, Desroches, Digiorgio, Dacruz, Dosreis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.