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    The surname Dike

    An English place surname, carried by 1,837 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /daɪk/ 1 syllable Soundex D200

    Dike: #15,845 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dike #15,845, 1,837 people Dike: #15,845 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dike #15,845, 1,837 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dike is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English (see the noun dike). Compare Dyke.

    Dike is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,837 people named Dike in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,071 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,649.

    #15,845
    rank among US surnames
    1,837
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,845Rizk1,837168,071
    #15,854Perezlopez1,836168,162

    Who is named Dike

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    62% of people named Dike identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dikes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daryl Dike
      American soccer player, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dike

    Dike has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dike come from?
    From Middle English (see the noun dike). Compare Dyke.
    How common is the surname Dike?
    1,837 people in the United States had the surname Dike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,071 Americans. It ranked 15,845th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dike?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Dike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dike?
    Daryl Dike, American soccer player.
    Where is the surname Dike most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dike in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Dike?
    Dike is /daɪk/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Dike?
    Dike is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dike getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,837 in 2010, up 11%.