The dickson Surname

dickson Name Meaning and History

Scottish and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal name Dick.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The dickson name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dickson family name as far back in history as possible.

dickson Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of dickson Families in the US in 1920

Number of dickson families

298-593

100-297

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Looking for Dickson's in Annan, Scotland	PaulaDickson76	6
John Dickson	Kenneth Dickson	2
John Wilburn Dickson Family, Alpine-Amity, Clark CO, Arkansas	bgpurdy	1
DICKSON Alice 1849 1890	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
DICKSON Mollie JOHNSON 1847 1933	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
Dickson,Richard. 1764 Berwick Scotland	Ann Jensen	6
Chicago Dickson or Dixon Families	stevemilano160	2
Robert Barton Dickson/Dixon of Pennsylvania	DeeDee_Baldwin	0
Family Bible	Claudette	4
Gen. Joseph Dickson Margaret McEwen	mickeygen	5

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