Last Name DIX

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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 Richard, from nickname Dick, whence partonymic Dicks, spelt Dix. The same as Dicks or Dickens, the 's' being a contraction of son - the son of Dick or Richard.

Origin	English, Polish, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	3,365 (2000 US census)	3,421 (1990 US census)

Count	9,714 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.07%, or 7584 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.08%, or 1756 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.33%, or 32 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.15%, or 112 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.87%, or 182 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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