Last Name DICKENSON

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Meaning	The son of Diccon, not Dickin. The parent of course is Richard. The nicknames of names beginning with 'R' seem to have taken the initial 'D.' Dodge for Roger, Dob for Robert. But this Dickins really represents the French form Diquon or Digon. It is certain that nearly all Dickiness and Dickinsons, Dickenses and Dickensons, etc, are mere assimilations to the English suffix in '-kin,' as there is no single trace that an English form existed. The French form got naturalized. In North Lancashire the French form lingered on till the close of the 16th century.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	7,006 (2000 US census)	5,828 (1990 US census)

Count	4,411 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.38%, or 3766 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.18%, or 361 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
2.11%, or 93 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.56%, or 69 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.24%, or 99 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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