# Dyke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dyke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,037 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,704 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,296 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (5,005 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun dyke. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Dijk (also compare Dyck).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dyke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dyke in Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Dyke

- Broderick Dyke, Australian tennis player
- Mary Ann Duff, British actress

## Similar surnames

Duke, Dake, Dyck, Dike, Dyess, Diaz, Dickey, Doss, Dick, Desai, Dias, Diggs.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.