Last Name DICKSON

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Meaning	The son of Richard, from the nickname Dick, which ran a severe race for popularity with Hick, and finally monopolized the public favor. The son of Dick or Richard.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Ugandan, Nigerian, South african

Rank	915 (2000 US census)	800 (1990 US census)

Count	34,698 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.17%, or 27123 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.55%, or 5743 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 184 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.25%, or 434 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 552 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.91%, or 663 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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