How common is the surname Dyck?

2,010 people in the United States had the surname Dyck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. It ranked 14,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dyck?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dyck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dyck getting more or less common?

More common. 1,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,010 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Dyck

A surname, carried by 2,010 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dyck is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch surname, from the noun dijk (“dike”). Compare Dyke.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,010 people named Dyck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,814.

#14,775

rank among US surnames

2,010

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,768	Ban	2,011	153,528
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605
#14,781	Bibi	2,009	153,681
#14,783	Gilyard	2,008	153,758

Who is named Dyck

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

90% of people named Dyck identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dyck

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dyck come from?: From the Dutch surname, from the noun dijk (“dike”). Compare Dyke.
How common is the surname Dyck?: 2,010 people in the United States had the surname Dyck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. It ranked 14,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dyck?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dyck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dyck getting more or less common?: More common. 1,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,010 in 2010, up 11%.