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    The surname Dixson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,285 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D250

    Dixson: #7,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dixson #7,748, 4,285 people Dixson: #7,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dixson #7,748, 4,285 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dixson is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    From Dick + -son.

    Dixson 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 4,285 people named Dixson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,053 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,011.

    #7,748
    rank among US surnames
    4,285
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,646)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,743Bradfield4,28872,002
    #7,744Depriest4,28772,019
    #7,747Tao4,28672,036
    #7,748Dixson4,28572,053
    #7,750Laskowski4,28472,069
    #7,752Ramer4,28372,086

    Who is named Dixson

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

    48% of people named Dixson identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dixson

    Dixson has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dixson come from?
    From Dick + -son.
    How common is the surname Dixson?
    4,285 people in the United States had the surname Dixson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,053 Americans. It ranked 7,748th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dixson?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Dixson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Dixson?
    Dixson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Dixson getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,285 in 2010, up 6.8%.