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The DIX surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 9,714 3365 0.004 36
United States (1880 census) 2,970 2063 0.006 59
Change since 1880 +6744 -1302 -0.002 -23
Other Countries
Australia 671 2405 0.004 41
United Kingdom 3,602 1738 0.008 78
Top States for DIX by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 678 3036 0.004 42
Virginia 583 1605 0.008 82
California 570 5028 0.002 17
Wisconsin 514 1248 0.010 96
Ohio 497 2814 0.004 44
Top States for DIX by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 99 1081 0.016 163
Wisconsin 514 1248 0.010 96
South Dakota 65 1651 0.009 86
Virginia 583 1605 0.008 82
South Carolina 276 2241 0.007 69

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DIX live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DIX represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DIX in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DIX by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DIX

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DIX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DIX surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DIX in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 182 1.87
Mixed Race 112 1.15
Asian/Pacific 48 0.49
Native American/Alaskan 32 0.33
White (Caucasian) 7,584 78.07
Black/African American 1,756 18.08

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DIX surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DIX in historical publications

The same as Dicks or Dickens, the s being a contraction of son--the son of Dick or Richard.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


DIX. See Richard.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to DIX

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DIX.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DIX

The following words are slight variants of DIX that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.