How common is the last name Dickens?

17,052 people in the United States have the last name Dickens, about 1 in 17,529. It ranks #2,066 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DICKENS

#2,066

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,052
About
1 in 17,529
This common or more
48.2%
Who bears it

Of the 17,052 people with the last name Dickens, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 29.8% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dickens

#2,064 Crum · 17,064#2,065 Humphries · 17,059#2,067 Moreland · 17,049#2,068 Frias · 17,048

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dickens, most common first.

#7,608 Dickenson · 4,201#39,490 Dicenso · 601#84,231 Dickins · 240

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