# Dicks (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name derived from Dick.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,228 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,831 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,024 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.0% (4,544 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dɪks/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dicks 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Dicus, Dickey, Dick, Dias, Dice, Dickie, Dike, Diaz, Duke, Doss, Desai, Diggs.

## 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.