Dimmick

English

Alternative forms

• Dimick, Dimmock

Etymology

Habitational surname from Dymock, in Gloucestershire, named perhaps from a British word akin to Welsh tymoch (“pigsty”), but more probably from Proto-Celtic *din (“fort”) + an adjectival suffix.

Proper noun

Dimmick (plural Dimmicks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dimmick is the 14368^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2081 individuals. Dimmick is most common among White (94.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dimmick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 464.