Dickerson Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Your Dickerson ancestor may well appear as Dickinson in earlier records. Taken at its root, Dickerson points to “Son of Dickin (Richard)”.

Heraldry and the Dickerson name

Arms linked to Dickinson and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Dickinson

Before spelling was fixed, Dickinson was also written Dickerson. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The 2010 US Census counted 51,889 people named Dickerson, ranking it number 659 among American surnames. It sits within the 1,000 most common last names in the country. Get the complete Dickerson report, with a museum-style coat of arms.