Find out how popular the last name Dedrick is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dedrick.

Dedrick, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dedrick surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dedrick in America

Dedrick is the 12897th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dedrick surname appeared 2,384 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Dedrick.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dedrick to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dedrick

The surname Dedrick is of German origin, derived from the personal name Theodoric, which itself comes from the Germanic elements "theud" meaning "people" and "ric" meaning "ruler" or "power". It is believed to have originated in the 7th or 8th century in the regions of modern-day Germany.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in medieval German documents, where it appeared in various spellings such as Theodoric, Theodericus, and Diedrich. One notable example is the Benedictine monk Theodoric of St. Trond, who lived in the 11th century and served as the abbot of St. Trond Abbey in present-day Belgium.

As the name Theodoric evolved over time, it gave rise to numerous variations, including Dedrick, Dederick, and Diedrich. These variants were particularly common in the regions of Westphalia and Rhineland in Germany, where the name was often associated with noble families and landowners.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Dedrick was Hans Dedrick, a German merchant who lived in the 15th century and is mentioned in the records of the Hanseatic League, a powerful commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northern Europe.

Another notable bearer of the name was Johann Dedrick, a German scholar and theologian who lived in the 16th century and was known for his work on church history and biblical exegesis.

In the 17th century, the name gained prominence with Wilhelm Dedrick, a German military officer who fought in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) and was renowned for his bravery and strategic skills.

As the name spread across Europe, it also found its way to the British Isles, where it was sometimes anglicized to Dedrick or Dedridge. One such example is John Dedridge, an English nobleman and landowner who lived in the 18th century and owned estates in Gloucestershire.

In the 19th century, the name was carried to the United States by German immigrants, where it continued to thrive and evolve. One notable American bearer of the name was William Dedrick, a politician and lawyer from Ohio who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives in the late 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dedrick

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dedrick.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dedrick was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dedrick has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dedrick was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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