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dickinson Name Meaning and History

Northern English: patronymic from the personal name Dicken, Dickin, a pet form of Dick.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dickinson Families in the US in 1920
Number of dickinson families
 246-490
 83-245
 1-82
 0
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