Dicks is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dicks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dicks

How popular is Dicks?

Dicks is common in Germany.

Dicks is ranked 28479 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dickses plummeted by 6.954226 per cent to 4228 since 2000 and slipped by 1007 spots and ranked at 7831. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.36 69.08
Black 28.55 27.64
Others 1.94 1.32
Hispanic or Latino 1.44 1.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.2
Dicks is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 17746 people have been found who wears Dicks as their family name. Dicks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
127,708 Czech Republic3
661,536 Indonesia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
3,949 Botswana3
26,321 Israel3
139,444 Brazil2
12,172 Ghana2
40,064 Nigeria2
4,944 Bosnia2
7,191 Afghanistan1
897,276 Russia1
5,872 Namibia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
6,820 Angola1
1,818 Guernsey1
9,498 Iceland1
56,169 Mexico1
6,688 Malawi1
12,745 Luxembourg1
28,365 Kenya1
7,895 South Korea1
1,179 Swaziland1
40,340 Malaysia1
31,207 Ireland1
7,790 Zambia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
52,316 Spain36
34,765 Zimbabwe35
21,901 Chile27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
2,423 Jamaica89
8,515 New Zealand83
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Dicks:
7,293 Australia394
2,337 Wales169
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Dicks:
987 South Africa6,648
7,454 United States5,086
3,748 England2,017
3,054 Canada1,553
7,757 Germany1,244
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old servant Henry Dicks who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on March 12, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. 23 years old Alfred Dicks, 32 years old James Dicks, Dinah Dicks, Samuel Dicks, aged 19, Spinster Mary Dicks, Mary-Ann Dicks (25) Spinster, Born at sea Martha Dicks, Pat Dicks, aged 21, are others that migrated to US from London, Bristol, Belfast and Liverpool.

Dicks Namesakes

  • Eva Dickson, Writer
  • Leigh Dickson, Musical Artist
  • Clarissa Dickson Wright, Celebrity chef
  • Joe Dickson, Politician
  • Mindi Dickstein, Lyricist
  • Ed Dickson, Football tight end
  • Andrew Dickson White, Former New York State Senator
  • Peter Dickson, Announcer
  • Itimi Dickson, Soccer player
  • Ashlea Dicks, Film producer

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