How common is the surname Dicks?

4,228 people in the United States had the surname Dicks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,024 Americans. It ranked 7,831st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Dicks?

Dicks is /dɪks/, one syllable.

Is the surname Dicks getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,228 in 2010, down 7.0%.

Is Dicks also a first name?

Yes. Dicks 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 Dicks

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,228 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dɪks/ 1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dicks is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name derived from Dick.

Dicks 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 4,228 people named Dicks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,024 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,544.

#7,831

rank among US surnames

4,228

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7%

change since 2000 (was #6,824)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,827	Holston	4,231	72,972
#7,829	Moise	4,230	72,989
#7,830	Poynter	4,229	73,007
#7,831	Prevost	4,228	73,024
#7,835	Gambill	4,227	73,041
#7,837	Percy	4,226	73,059

Who is named Dicks

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

67% of people named Dicks identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dicks

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dicks?: 4,228 people in the United States had the surname Dicks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,024 Americans. It ranked 7,831st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dicks?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Dicks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Dicks?: Dicks is /dɪks/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Dicks?: Dicks is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dicks getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,228 in 2010, down 7.0%.
Is Dicks also a first name?: Yes. Dicks 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.