The DIXIE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	472	43157	0	2
United States (1880 census)	89	33985	0	2
Change since 1880	+383	-9172	+N/A	0
Other Countries
Australia	2	261141	0	0
United Kingdom	187	17126	0	4

Top States for DIXIE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Ohio	64	18690	0.001	6
Indiana	55	11793	0.001	9
New York	44	37901	0.000	2
Florida	41	35171	0.000	3
Alabama	39	8351	0.001	9
Top States for DIXIE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Indiana	55	11793	0.001	9
Alabama	39	8351	0.001	9
Ohio	64	18690	0.001	6
Mississippi	12	12435	0.000	4
Tennessee	23	15001	0.000	4

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of DIXIE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DIXIE 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 DIXIE 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 DIXIE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	372	78.81
White (Caucasian)	62	13.14
Mixed Race	23	4.87
White (Hispanic)	9	1.91
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

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

Meaning of DIXIE in historical publications

(origin: Sax. Local) From the Saxon Dic, a ditch, dike, or fosse, and ea, water, or ig, an island.

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

DIXIE. According to AVootton's Baronetage the iluuily are descended from Wolstan, earl of Ellenden (now called Wilton) who married the sister of Egbert, the first monarch of all England ; and there are other traditions of their immense antiquity. The name is probably not very ancient, and the heralds' Visitations only commence the pedigree with Wolstan Dixie who flourished about the time of Edw. III.

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 DIXIE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DIXIE.

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.