Find the Dixons

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Origins of the name
D I X O N / D I C K S O N
Meaning: Son of Richard
The Dickson/Dixon (and other derivates) family name was first found in Scotland. Early records show Thomas Dickson, a follower of the Douglas clan, at the capture of Castle Douglas in 1307.
Although the name was Scottish in it’s origin, with the spelling of Dicson or Dickson (the most common usage in Scotland today), being a Borders counties name it also spread to the north and midlands of England to become a popular family name with the spelling of Dixon.
Here, on the English Nation Trust's Surnames website, the high proportion of the Dixon name appearing in the English northern counties in 1881 is clearly displayed, while a 1998 distribution of the Dixon name, according to UK postcode, here on the same website continues to show a large distribution in the northern counties of England.
Internationally, Public Profiler shows that the UK continues to be home to the Dixon name with large numbers also to be found in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and Ireland. The Dickson name, however, is stronger in Australia and New Zealand than in the UK with again significant populations in Canada, the United States and Ireland. Although all the foregoing are English speaking countries, both forms of the name appear in places such as Denmark, Switzerland and Spain with the Dixon form also found in France and the Dickson form in Sweden.
Thomas Dickson himself has quite a history. He was associated in some way with William Wallace (of "Braveheart"), and he was killed by the English in 1307 in battle. Tradition states that he was slashed across the abdomen but continued to fight holding the abdominal wound closed with one hand until he finally dropped dead. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Bride of Douglas, and his marker shows him with a sword in one hand and holding his belly with the other. Robert de Brus (Bruce) had made him Castellan of Castle Douglas the year before he was killed.