Dickinson is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dickinson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dickinson

How popular is Dickinson?

Dickinson is common in England.

Dickinson is ranked 7616 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dickinson bearers increased by 1.770961 per cent in 2010 US census to 26607 since 2000, the surname slipped by 94 spots and ranked at 1324. The last name was found in around 90 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.69 91.53
Black 4.78 4.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.56 1.71
Others 1.71 1.34
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.32
Dickinson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 71022 people have been found who wears Dickinson as their family name. Dickinson 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
45,932 Philippines8
20,929 Azerbaijan7
1,179 South Korea7
705 Gibraltar7
7,646 Japan7
24,505 Saudi Arabia4
8,411 Costa Rica4
325 Anguilla4
7,294 Kuwait3
35,789 Turkey3
5,909 Bangladesh3
6,779 Nicaragua3
127,708 Czech Republic3
14,621 Croatia2
1,328 Congo2
1,834 Malta2
37,372 Georgia2
5,936 Bahrain2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
900 Laos2
9,272 Ecuador2
4,164 Vietnam2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
44,018 Poland2
18,035 Egypt2
3,791 Namibia2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
8,181 Botswana1
53,033 Nigeria1
90,903 Moldova1
7,191 Afghanistan1
28,746 Algeria1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
2,057 Isle of Man1
123,175 Tanzania1
31,584 Peru1
13,606 Senegal1
1,970 Grenada1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
42,479 Greece1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
24,176 Qatar1
16,073 Latvia1
9,591 Panama1
11,486 Estonia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,350 Fiji1
25,746 Finland1
20,172 Hungary1
8,371 Syria1
2,211 Brunei1
13,447 Uganda1
15,705 Cameroon1
11,510 Oman1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,877 Cuba1
29,595 Iran1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,715 Gabon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
15,525 Norway46
722 The Bahamas35
34,765 Zimbabwe35
3,075 Cyprus34
469 Jersey33
119,358 Ukraine32
318 Guernsey30
37,941 United Arab Emirates27
3,226 Guyana27
89,991 Germany26
3,830 Luxembourg20
2,197 China20
435,402 India19
29,040 Denmark15
369,956 Indonesia14
9,476 Thailand11
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
4,308 Ireland82
3,257 Hong Kong71
122 Bermuda69
26,687 Belgium59
37,331 Netherlands58
7,402 Portugal55
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Dickinson:
763 New Zealand899
6,594 Mexico838
1,062 Scotland748
777 Wales485
26,927 France367
13,426 Kenya314
37,583 Brazil302
15,949 Spain204
1,508 Northern Ireland179
31,005 Argentina164
50,581 Italy146
9,948 Austria131
13,194 Malaysia126
8,109 Chile117
100,473 Russia116
Countries with thousands of Dickinson:
692 Australia4,375
1,679 South Africa3,945
1,571 Canada3,279
Countries with ten thousands of Dickinson:
1,111 United States34,386
327 England18,741
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 38 years old miner Jas.F. Dickinson who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 23, 1849 by Ambassadress put out from Liverpool. Len. Dickinson, aged 9, George Dickinson (44) Miner, Thomas Dickinson, aged 51, Mary Dickinson (52) , George Dickinson, aged 19, Immigrant Joseph Dickinson, Francis Dickinson, aged 13, 11 years old Ann Dickinson, and 25 other Dickinson around 31.25% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Dickinson Namesakes

  • Emily Dickinson, Poet
  • Janice Dickinson, Model
  • Alisha Dickinson, Aubrey Dickinson's sister
  • Emily Dickinson, Poet
  • Amy Dickinson, Columnist
  • Emily Dickinson, Poet
  • Angie Dickinson, Actress
  • Angie Dickinson, Actress
  • Chris Dickinson, Soccer player
  • Emily Dickinson, Poet
  • In 2016, Mark Dickinson played the role of Maxwell Garrett in horror film House on Ghost Hill Road.
  • In 2013, Melissa Dickinson played the role of Natalie Barrett in thriller movie Preserve.
  • In 2017 comedy, mystery film, Lake Street Detective, Paul Dickinson portrayed The Detective.

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