Last Name DICKENS

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Meaning The son of Diccon, not Dickin. The parent of course is Richard. The nicknames of names beginning with 'R' seem to have taken the initial 'D.' Dodge for Roger, Dob for Robert. But this Dickins really represents the French form Diquon or Digon. It is certain that nearly all Dickiness and Dickinsons, Dickenses and Dickensons, etc, are mere assimilations to the English suffix in '-kin,' as there is no single trace that an English form existed. The French form got naturalized. In North Lancashire the French form lingered on till the close of the 16th century.
'Dickings,' the son of Dick or Richard.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 1,814 (2000 US census) 1,485 (1990 US census)
Count 18,181 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65.3%, or 11872 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.6%, or 5563 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 60 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.8%, or 145 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.61%, or 293 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.36%, or 247 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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