Explore the Family Name Dickensheets

The meaning of Dickensheets

Americanized form of German Dickenschied, a habitational name from a place called Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The placename is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket, woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’. Some characteristic forenames: German Hans.

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How common is the last name Dickensheets in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Dickensheets has seen a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 58,692nd most popular surname, while in 2010 it dropped to the 66,754th spot, marking a decrease of 13.74 percent. The count of people with the Dickensheets surname also decreased from 323 individuals in 2000 to 296 in 2010, reflecting an 8.36 percent drop. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 residents also fell by 16.67 percent over the decade, going from 0.12 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,692	#66,754	-13.74%
Count	323	296	-8.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.1	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dickensheets

The Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the ethnic identity associated with the surname Dickensheets is predominantly White. In both 2000 and 2010, approximately 96.9 percent of individuals with this surname identified as White, showing a slight increase of 0.06 percent over the decade. In 2000, 1.55 percent identified as Hispanic, but this percentage dropped to 0 in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or of two or more races in either Census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.9%	96.96%	0.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.55%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%