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

Dickrell, 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 Dickrell surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dickrell in America

Dickrell is the 123796th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dickrell surname appeared 139 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 Dickrell.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dickrell 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 Dickrell

The surname DICKRELL is of English origin, with its roots traced back to the medieval era, specifically the 12th century. It is believed to have originated in the county of Gloucestershire, where the earliest recorded instances of this surname can be found.

The name DICKRELL is thought to be a locational surname, derived from a place name that no longer exists or has been lost to time. However, some historians suggest that it may have evolved from the Old English words "dic" and "rel," which collectively meant "a ridge or bank near a ditch."

One of the earliest known references to the DICKRELL surname can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire, dated 1195, where a certain Robert Dickrell is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Nympsfield.

In the 13th century, the DICKRELL surname appears in the Hertfordshire Assize Rolls of 1259, where a Richard Dickrell is recorded as a witness in a legal dispute over land ownership.

The Dickrells were a prominent family in the county of Wiltshire during the 16th and 17th centuries. Notable individuals from this lineage include William Dickrell (1543-1617), a wealthy wool merchant and landowner, and his son, John Dickrell (1578-1648), who served as a magistrate and was involved in local governance.

Another noteworthy figure bearing the DICKRELL surname was Sir Thomas Dickrell (1662-1728), a prominent lawyer and member of the English Parliament, who represented the borough of Malmesbury in the early 18th century.

In the 18th century, the DICKRELL surname also had a presence in the American colonies, with records indicating that a family by the name of Dickrell settled in the Virginia colony in the late 1700s.

Over the centuries, variations in the spelling of the DICKRELL surname have emerged, such as Dickrell, Dickrill, Dickrall, and Dickral, reflecting regional dialects and the vagaries of historical record-keeping.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dickrell

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

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

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