Dickens is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dickens
No. of characters: 7
Origin: English
Meaning: Dickings, the son of Dick or Richards

How popular is Dickens?

Dickens is common in United States.

Dickens is ranked 11860 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dickenses plummeted by 0.3190144 per cent to 18123 since 2000 and slipped by 176 spots and ranked at 1990. The last name was found in around 61 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.46 65.3
Black 31.12 30.6
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.36
Others 1.93 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.86 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0.33
Dickens is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Uganda is ahead in terms of density. Around 44982 people have been found who wears Dickens as their family name. Dickens is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
16,722 Nigeria8
10,935 Armenia5
14,078 Japan3
19,452 Malaysia3
78,945 Argentina3
4,367 Afghanistan2
50,640 Switzerland2
21,929 Algeria2
13,552 Qatar2
44,018 Poland2
54,135 Philippines2
4,086 Angola2
9,272 Ecuador2
14,004 Hungary2
18,718 Thailand2
6,266 Luxembourg2
3,478 Haiti2
6,353 Panama2
174,544 Czech Republic1
9,498 Iceland1
7,790 Zambia1
31,584 Peru1
19,533 Uruguay1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,181 Botswana1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,819 Laos1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
49,101 Denmark1
2,057 Isle of Man1
25,721 Egypt1
6,688 Malawi1
19,810 Croatia1
17,768 Pakistan1
53,505 Turkey1
15,705 Cameroon1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
11,486 Estonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
249,004 India49
95,259 Italy45
7,175 Singapore41
17,488 Norway39
36,533 Zimbabwe32
153,005 Ukraine22
2,705 China16
355,817 Indonesia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
2,801 Northern Ireland72
5,846 Ireland55
39,320 Spain55
176,736 Russia54
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Dickens:
3,149 Ghana959
6,152 Canada698
1,863 New Zealand405
1,521 Wales260
43,536 Germany235
6,416 Colombia210
14,055 Netherlands199
9,921 Belgium186
6,499 Sweden145
4,108 Scotland144
23,602 Mexico131
77,708 France122
31,052 Tanzania122
2,019 Hong Kong119
75,961 Brazil111
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Dickens:
703 Uganda8,962
1,315 England5,991
2,972 South Africa2,173
3,633 Kenya1,569
2,544 Australia1,218
Countries with ten thousands of Dickens:
1,997 United States20,184
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Bell-M. Dickens from Ireland aboard the Laurel from Londonderry during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on August 18, 1849. J. Dickens, aged 26, Mrs Dickens (52) Workwoman, Immigrant Robert Dickens, 26 years old Eliza Dickens, 28 years old Elizabeth Dickens, are others that migrated to US.

Dickens Namesakes

    Kaniel Dickens, American former basketball player
  • In 0 thriller film, Narcolepsy, Brian K. Dickens played Nick Milline.
  • In 2013, Dean Dickens portrayed the role of General Heinzmizer in comedy, fantasy flick Your Day Is Gonna Come.

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