Dickman? thats my surname, was trying to find out my family tree, by the way i a

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Dickman? thats my surname, was trying to find out my family tree, by the way i am from liverpool uk, and?

found a web site that let you find all the dickmans leaving the port of liverpool/uk, to settle abroad and make a new life. i was surprised to find that an adolf dickman left the port of liverpool,, well i know adolf is not an english/british name, i thought it might be dutch.. but german?, then someone told me that it could be austrian,, any ideas of the origin of dickman,, and no funny comments please ,, lived with this name all my life, so heard them all

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Valda,

Swyrich.com has your surname as English:

Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dickman, Digman, Dikeman, Dignan, Dignam and many more.

First found in Lincolnshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.