Last Name DICKESON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	A corruption of Dickinson. Same as as Pattison or Patteson is for Pattinson. The son of Richard, a corruption of Dickenson.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	47,939 (2000 US census)	64,578 (1990 US census)

Count	415 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.46%, or 392 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.65%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.2%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.69%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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