Dickens Family History
Dickens Name Meaning
English (chiefly West Midlands): patronymic from the personal name
Dicken.
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Name Distribution of Dickens Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dickens families
 96 - 190  33 - 95 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dickens families
|
274 - 546 92 - 273 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dickens families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dickens Family Origin
Dickens Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dickens
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Dickens Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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