Dick Family History
Dick Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from a short form of Richard. Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname was taken to northern Ireland.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German dic(ke) ‘thick’, ‘strong’, ‘stout’, or in the case of the Jewish name from modern German dick ‘fat’ or Yiddish dik.German: topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or patch of thick undergrowth, from Middle High German dicke, a special use of dic(ke) ‘thick’.North German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name Theodicho, formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’.
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Name Distribution of Dick Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dick families
 252 - 501  85 - 251 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dick families
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186 - 370 63 - 185 |
1 - 62 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dick families
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883 - 1,763 295 - 882 |
1 - 294 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dick Family Origin
Dick Immigration Information
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