Dickers Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dickers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the diker,' a hedger or ditcher. Ditcher is but a weakened pronunciation of Dicker; compare ditch and dike (v. Ditch, Skeat's Dict).

Richard le Diker, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Dickers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1371:587,63147,553
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Australia351:771,30649,759
Belgium261:442,17945,013
England241:2,321,58686,519
Wales51:618,90625,852
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Dickers (29) may also be a first name.

Dickers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the diker,' a hedger or ditcher. Ditcher is but a weakened pronunciation of Dicker; compare ditch and dike (v. Ditch, Skeat's Dict).

Richard le Diker, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Ricardus Diker, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Tomson, diker, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Dykrr. 1379: ibid.

Adam Wynk, diker, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus de Thomholm, dyker, 1379: ibid.

1647. Married — James Maley and Abitha Dicher: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1780. — John Dicker and Charlotte Farmer: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A district in Sussex, formerly an extensive waste. Ate Dykere occurs temp. Edw. III. among the Barons of the Cinque Ports, and le Dykere some years earlier, in the same county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dickers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dickers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dickers is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dickers.

How Common Is The Last Name Dickers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 924,083rd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. Dickers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Dickers live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 29 people.

The surname Dickers is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 587,631. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent are found and Hesse, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Dickers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dickers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dickers last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dickers Last Name Statistics demography

Dickers earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.45% less than the national average, earning $30,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Duickers9320/
Dieckers9310/
Daickers930/
Dickgers930/
Dicers921/
Dikers921/
Duijckers8828/
Deckers8610,513/
Duckers861,045/
Dijkers86872/
Dikkers86605/
Dückers86538/
Diekers86143/
Duikers86128/
Dyckers8651/
Dickirs860/
Daikers860/
Deijkers80551/
Duijkers80533/
Duyckers8033/
Dueckers8022/
Deckkers802/
Deuckers801/
Disskers800/
Dukers77269/
Dykers77125/
Dekers7712/
Decers774/
Dikors771/
Dükers771/
D'Heckers751/
Dekkers7110,810/
Duykers71256/
Deykers7192/
Deakers7150/
Dukkers7114/
Dykgers7113/
Dekeers718/
Dechers713/
Düchers712/
Düykers711/
Dezkers711/
Diskirs710/
Deckars710/
Duekers710/
Deacers710/

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