Dickson Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 11
Buckinghamshire 43
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 32
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 151
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 63
Derbyshire 47
Devon 42
Dorset 4
Durham 222
Essex 69
Gloucestershire 32
Hampshire 49
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 22
Kent 78
Lancashire 747
Leicestershire 44
Lincolnshire 36
London 752
Middlesex 67
Northumberland 256
Norfolk 25
Northamptonshire 40
Nottinghamshire 62
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 24
Suffolk 22
Somerset 17
Surrey 45
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 87
Warwickshire 49
Westmorland 12
Wiltshire 21
Worcestershire 22
Yorkshire 395

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 12
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 37
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 26
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 1

Dickson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dickson family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 581
Living On Own Means 52
General Labourer 43
Dress Maker 41
Agricultural Labourer 35
Coal Miner 26
Labourer 24
Living On Her Own Means 23
Clerk 20
Joiner 19
Domestic Servant 18
Farm Servant 18
Farmer 18
General Servant 18
Laundress 15
Butcher 14
General Servant Domestic 14
Cotton Weaver 13
Carpenter 11
Tailoress 11
House Keeper 11
Baker 10
Engine Fitter 10
Police Constable 9
Farm Labourer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Dickson

Name Census Frequency
John Dickson 1,765
Mary Dickson 1,677
William Dickson 1,628
James Dickson 1,190
Elizabeth Dickson 1,096
Thomas Dickson 922
George Dickson 868
Margaret Dickson 664
Jane Dickson 640
Robert Dickson 620
Sarah Dickson 614
Ann Dickson 461
Charles Dickson 389
Annie Dickson 370
Alice Dickson 352
Henry Dickson 347
Joseph Dickson 326
Ellen Dickson 311
Eliza Dickson 305
Isabella Dickson 262
Agnes Dickson 241
Edward Dickson 231
Emma Dickson 225
Richard Dickson 223
Alexander Dickson 199

Dickson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dixon 57% 223,638
2 Dickson 100% 25,463
3 Dixson 71% 3,239
4 Dickeson 88% 1,165
5 Dickason 88% 1,033
6 Duckson 86% 284
7 Dickison 88% 238
8 Dixen 43% 186
9 Dockson 86% 115
10 Dackson 86% 100

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The surname Dickson is the 2nd most popular variant of Dixon.

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