The surname Dickinson
A patronymic surname, carried by 26,607 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈdɪkɪnsən/ 3 syllables Soundex D252
Origin
From Dickin + -son.
Dickinson 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 26,607 people named Dickinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,604 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,144.
Who is named Dickinson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Dickinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Dickinsons
20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Emily DickinsonAmerican poet (1830-1886)
- Angie DickinsonAmerican actress (born 1931)
- Harris DickinsonBritish actor, born 1996
- Janice DickinsonAmerican model and actress, born 1955
- John DickinsonAmerican politician (1732-1808)
- Anna Elizabeth DickinsonAmerican abolitionist and suffragist (1842-1932)
- Philemon DickinsonAmerican politician, 1739–1809
- Preston DickinsonAmerican artist (1889-1930)
- Jim DickinsonAmerican musician (1941–2009)
- Daniel S. DickinsonAmerican politician, lawyer and postmaster (1800-1866)
- Hunter DickinsonAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
- Susan Huntington Gilbert DickinsonAmerican poet (1830-1913)
Notable Dickinsons come mostly from the United States (18), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Dickinson 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 Dickinson come from?
- From Dickin + -son.
- How common is the surname Dickinson?
- 26,607 people in the United States had the surname Dickinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,604 Americans. It ranked 1,324th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dickinson?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dickinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Dickinson?
- Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886), followed by Angie Dickinson.
- Where is the surname Dickinson most common?
- Wikidata records people named Dickinson in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
- How do you pronounce Dickinson?
- Dickinson is /ˈdɪkɪnsən/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Dickinson?
- Dickinson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dickinson getting more or less common?
- More common. 26,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,607 in 2010, up 1.8%.