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 5
Buckinghamshire 23
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 18
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 120
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 124
Derbyshire 37
Devon 48
Dorset 6
Durham 305
Essex 136
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 83
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 20
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 22
Kent 80
Lancashire 799
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 8
London 788
Middlesex 70
Northumberland 283
Norfolk 20
Northamptonshire 72
Nottinghamshire 47
Oxfordshire 12
Rutland 0
Shropshire 18
Suffolk 14
Somerset 10
Surrey 100
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 72
Warwickshire 32
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 31
Yorkshire 497

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 74
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 18
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 1

Dickson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dickson family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 101
General Labourer 41
Dress Maker 29
General Servant Domestic 29
Cook Domestic 20
Scholar 20
Cotton Weaver 20
Farmer 19
Domestic Servant 18
Dock Labourer 14
Joiner 13
No Occupation 12
Tailoress 10
Attending School 10
Joiner Carpenter 10
House Keeper 9
House Maid Domestic 9
Housemaid Domestic 9
Iron Moulder 9
Commercial Clerk 8
Coal Miner Hewer 8
At School 7
Railway Porter 7
Solicitor 7
Student 7

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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