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Origin Of The Surname Dickens
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Meaning Of The Surname Dickens
Descendant of Richard
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Interesting
Facts About
Dickens
Dickens is a patronymic surname. It is made up of the elements ‘dick’ and ‘kens’, dick being a pet form of the German name Richard, and ‘kens’ coming from ‘kin’ meaning descendants. Patronymic surnames were given to pass down the first name of the father of a household. In the case of rich families this often included the passing of the name to non-family members such as servants. Charles Dickens the British author is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Dickens Statistics
Dickens is the number 837 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 11,520 share the surname Dickens in the UK.
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