Dickerson Surname

7,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Dickerson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Richard,' a corruption of Dickenson, which see, and compare Patterson. Catterson, Matterson, from Pattinson, Cattinson, and Mattinson. Dickerson has crossed the Atlantic, and is in a flourishing state in the city of New York.

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Dickerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States69,5341:5,213594
England2,1211:26,2703,588
Australia8611:31,3544,168
South Africa4171:129,92315,215
Canada4141:88,9999,813
Liberia1891:23,3262,308
Wales941:32,9213,306
Trinidad and Tobago901:15,1551,920
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
United States Virgin Islands301:3,679609
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Panama91:434,6958,518
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Guam81:20,0153,029
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
France31:22,140,907385,998
China31:455,773,85521,925
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominica11:75,891912
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2191:19,9962,846
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,0231:4,177515

Dickerson (251) may also be a first name.

Dickerson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Richard,' a corruption of Dickenson, which see, and compare Patterson. Catterson, Matterson, from Pattinson, Cattinson, and Mattinson. Dickerson has crossed the Atlantic, and is in a flourishing state in the city of New York.

1748. Married — Samuel Jones and Lucy Dickerson: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1785. Francis Noble and Sarah Dickerson: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Dicker’s Son: v. Dicker.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of the dike, or ditch, maker.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Dickerson Last Name Facts

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

Dickerson is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dickerson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dickerson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,651st most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 98,330 people. The surname Dickerson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Dickerson live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dickerson is also the 562,655th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 251 people.

The last name Dickerson is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 69,534 people, or 1 in 5,213. In The United States Dickerson is most common in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and Virginia, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 80 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Dickerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dickerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dickerson surname rose 578 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 9,400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 3,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dickerson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Dickerson surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dickerson surname are 10.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dickerson earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.64% more than the national average, earning R 336,600 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% less than the national average, earning $40,201 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,785 CAD per year.

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