The surname Dickison
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,794 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D225
Origin
From a diminutive form of Dick + -son.
Dickison 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 1,794 people named Dickison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,578.
Who is named Dickison
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Dickison identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dickison
Dickison has the Soundex code D225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D225.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dickison come from?
- From a diminutive form of Dick + -son.
- How common is the surname Dickison?
- 1,794 people in the United States had the surname Dickison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,099 Americans. It ranked 16,130th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dickison?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dickison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Dickison?
- Dickison is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dickison getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,794 in 2010, up 14%.