The surname Dixit
A surname, carried by 1,273 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D230
Origin
From Sanskrit दीक्षित (dīkṣita).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,273 people named Dixit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. That is up 92% since 2000, when the Census counted 664.
Who is named Dixit
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Dixit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as two or more races and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- Two or more races 2.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Dixits
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Avinash DixitAmerican economist, born 1944
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Dikshit
- Diksit
Dixit has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dixit come from?
- From Sanskrit दीक्षित (dīkṣita).
- How common is the surname Dixit?
- 1,273 people in the United States had the surname Dixit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. It ranked 20,758th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dixit?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dixit identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as two or more races.
- Who is the most famous person named Dixit?
- Avinash Dixit, American economist.
- Where is the surname Dixit most common?
- Wikidata records people named Dixit in the United States.
- Is the surname Dixit getting more or less common?
- More common. 664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,273 in 2010, up 92%.
- What are other spellings of Dixit?
- Dikshit and Diksit.