How common is the surname Dyke?

5,037 people in the United States had the surname Dyke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. It ranked 6,704th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dyke?

Broderick Dyke, Australian tennis player, followed by Mary Ann Duff.

Where is the surname Dyke most common?

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

Is the surname Dyke getting more or less common?

More common. 5,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,037 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Dyke

A surname, carried by 5,037 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). Dyke is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,037 people named Dyke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,005.

#6,704

rank among US surnames

5,037

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,271)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235
#6,700	Hickerson	5,041	61,247
#6,701	Messner	5,039	61,271
#6,704	Dyke	5,037	61,296
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320

Who is named Dyke

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

91% of people named Dyke identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dykes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Broderick Dyke
Australian tennis player, born 1960
Mary Ann Duff
British actress, 1794–1857

Notable Dykes come mostly from Australia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dyke

Dyke 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 Dyke come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun dyke. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Dijk (also compare Dyck).
How common is the surname Dyke?: 5,037 people in the United States had the surname Dyke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. It ranked 6,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dyke?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dyke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dyke?: Broderick Dyke, Australian tennis player, followed by Mary Ann Duff.
Where is the surname Dyke most common?: Wikidata records people named Dyke in Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Is the surname Dyke getting more or less common?: More common. 5,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,037 in 2010, up 0.6%.