# Dickey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dickey/  
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) | 23,320 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,542 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,240 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (23,401 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪki/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Dickie, Dicky |

## Etymology

From Dick + -ey. The city in North Dakota was named in honor of the American lawyer George H. Dickey.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dickey 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dickey in the United States.

## People named Dickey

- James Dickey, American writer (1923–1997)
- Dale Dickey, American actress
- William Dickey, American Olympic diver (1874-1944)
- Donald Ryder Dickey, American ornithologist
- Bill Dickey, American baseball player and coach (1907–1993)
- Lucinda Dickey, American actress and dancer
- Eric Jerome Dickey, American author
- Jay Dickey, American politician (1939–2017)
- Cheryl Dickey, 100 Meter Hurdler
- Derrek Dickey, American basketball player (1951–2002)

## Similar surnames

Dick, Dickie, Dike, Dicks, Dice, Dacey, Ducey, Diaz, Duke, Doss, Desai, Dias.

## 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.