As a
surname, Dick is the 1,513th most common name in
Great Britain
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with 6,545 bearers. Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname was taken to
Northern Ireland
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. It is most common in
West Lothian, where it is the 78th most common surname with 1,742 bearers. Other notable concentrations include
Northumberland
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It is bordered by land ...
(146th, 1,630,
Tyne and Wear
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(335th, 1,738) and
Berkshire (365th, 1,704) and in Norfolk.
Currently, in the U.S., it ranks at 1,388 out of 88,799 surnames.
Numerology and birthdate
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References
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