The Dixon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 159,480 people carried this name — #167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,850 people counted. That is up 5% from 152,015 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dixon surname
A northern English surname originating as a patronymic.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dixon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 100 births for the Dixon name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 4,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Dickson.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Dixon live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Dixon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Dixon.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
33 people named Dixon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 107 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
149 people named Dixon are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dixon in American newspapers,
1892–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 879,925 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dixon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robertus Dixon 1647–1733 · astronomer -
John Dixon 1740–1811 · etcher -
Archibald Dixon 1802–1876 · lawyer -
Matthew Charles Dixon 1821–1905 · military personnel -
Luther S. Dixon 1825–1891 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 229 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dixon.
- Ditsch 262 · U.S. census
- Ditta 587 · U.S. census
- Dittmann 638 · U.S. census
- Divers 1,331 · U.S. census
- Divine 2,926 · U.S. census
- Dixit 1,273 · U.S. census
- Djordjevic 553 · U.S. census
- Djuric 480 · U.S. census
- Do 30,301 · U.S. census
- Doan 19,760 · U.S. census
- Dobbelaere 185 · U.S. census
- Dobbels 181 · U.S. census
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