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

Dickel, 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 Dickel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dickel in America

Dickel is the 52970th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dickel surname appeared 391 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dickel.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dickel 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 Dickel

The surname DICKEL has its origins in Germany, dating back to the early medieval period, around the 8th or 9th century. The name is believed to have originated from the Old German word "dickil," which means "thick" or "stout," and was likely used as a nickname or descriptive term for a person with a stocky or robust build.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name DICKEL can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of medieval documents and charters from the region of Saxony, which mentions a certain "Dickilinus de Magdeburg" in the year 1187.

The DICKEL name has been associated with various locations throughout Germany, particularly in regions like Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia. Some of the earliest known bearers of the name include Hans Dickel, a farmer from the village of Steinbach in Thuringia, who was mentioned in a land registry document dated 1502.

In the 16th century, the name DICKEL appears in the records of the Reformer Martin Luther, who referenced a certain "Bartholomäus Dickel" as one of his students and followers. This suggests that the name had spread beyond its original regional confines and gained recognition within the intellectual circles of the time.

During the 18th century, the DICKEL name gained prominence with the birth of Johann Dickel (1705-1783), a renowned German composer and organist who served as the kapellmeister at the court of Weimar. His contributions to the classical music repertoire of the time have been well-documented.

Another notable figure with the DICKEL surname was Friedrich Dickel (1804-1876), a German-American farmer and entrepreneur who established one of the earliest and most successful whiskey distilleries in Tennessee, USA. His distillery, now known as the George Dickel Distillery, continues to produce Tennessee whiskey to this day.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the DICKEL name can be found in various historical records and documents across Germany and other parts of Europe, as well as in the United States, where many German immigrants settled and established new roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dickel

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

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 Dickel 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 Dickel 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 Dickel was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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