Explore the Family Name Dickmeyer

The meaning of Dickmeyer

German: variant of Dieckmeyer, a topographic name for a tenant farmer whose land lay close to a dike, from Middle Low German dīk ‘dike’ + meier ‘tenant farmer’ (see Meyer). The surname Dickmeyer is very rare in Germany.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dickmeyer saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, this surname was ranked 45,227th in terms of popularity and by 2010, it had dropped to the 48,160th spot, representing a 6.49% decline. The count of individuals with this surname also declined marginally during this period from 446 to 439, which translates to a 1.57% dip. Notably, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals in the population decreased by 11.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,227	#48,160	-6.49%
Count	446	439	-1.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dickmeyer

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Dickmeyer identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. However, there was a minor decrease in this group from 99.10% in 2000 to 97.72% in 2010. Notably, there was an emergence of Hispanic representation within this surname group in 2010, marked at 1.37%, which was absent in the 2000 census. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, and those identifying with two or more races were either marked at zero or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.1%	97.72%	-1.39%
Hispanic	0%	1.37%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%