Dickery Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Dickery Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Digory,' a sharpened form. Evidently an old-established Cornish personal name. Miss Yonge says it is a romantic name found in an old metrical tale of a knight called D'egare (Christian Names).

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Dickery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Dickery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Digory,' a sharpened form. Evidently an old-established Cornish personal name. Miss Yonge says it is a romantic name found in an old metrical tale of a knight called D'egare (Christian Names).

1617. Michael Oldisworth and Susan Poyntz, with consent of her mother, Jane Dickerie, alias Pointz, wife of Mr. Dickerie: Marriage Lic. (London).

Degory, son of Degory and Pentecost Keast, 1712: Reg. St. Columb Major.

1753. Married — Peter Dickery and Elizabeth McCaughan: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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

Dickery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dickery is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dickery? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Dickery is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Dickery reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 14 percent live, New York, where 14 percent live and Tennessee, where 14 percent live.

Dickery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dickery has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 30 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dickery Last Name Statistics demography

Dickery earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.44% less than the national average, earning $35,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dickherey880/
Duckery86126/
Dickory867/
Dikkery861/
Dickeri861/
Dikhery861/
Dickere861/
Deckery861/
Duckerey800/
Dikere7751/
Dikeri7719/
Diceri7716/
Dikory7715/
Dukery7714/
Dikera7711/
Dekery776/
Dicere773/
Dickchere751/
Dechery71107/
Dhikary7119/
Dickori7112/
Déchery7110/
Dicaeri719/
Deckere719/
Dikerer717/
Dickore716/
Dikeriz715/
Daikere713/
Diceare712/
Dikerie711/
Daicory711/
Dicariy711/
Dicheri711/
Diekere711/
Deikeri711/
Dhikiry711/
Diokere711/
Dikhiry711/
Deckeri711/
Deckera710/
Dikhairy679/
Dicarahy673/
Decherry672/
Dikeariz672/
Deckered672/
Dekerytė671/
Diekeiri671/
Daikerer670/

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