How common is the surname Dickie?

2,014 people in the United States had the surname Dickie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Dickie?

Dickie is /ˈdɪki/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dickie getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, down 5.8%.

Is Dickie also a first name?

Yes. Dickie 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 Dickie

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,014 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪki/ 2 syllables Soundex D200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dickie is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

From Dick + -ie.

Dickie 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 2,014 people named Dickie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,137.

#14,749

rank among US surnames

2,014

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,119)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,748	McCraney	2,015	153,224
#14,749	Austria	2,014	153,300
#14,755	Dittrich	2,013	153,376

Who is named Dickie

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

89% of people named Dickie identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dickey
Dicky

Surnames that sound like Dickie

Dickie has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

Where does the surname Dickie come from?: From Dick + -ie.
How common is the surname Dickie?: 2,014 people in the United States had the surname Dickie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,300 Americans. It ranked 14,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dickie?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dickie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Dickie?: Dickie is /ˈdɪki/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dickie?: Dickie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dickie getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,014 in 2010, down 5.8%.
What are other spellings of Dickie?: Dickey and Dicky.
Is Dickie also a first name?: Yes. Dickie 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.