How common is the surname Dykeman?

1,132 people in the United States had the surname Dykeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,743 Americans. It ranked 22,663rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dykeman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dykeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dykeman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,132 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Dykeman

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,132 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dykeman is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Probably a translation of Dutch Dykman.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,132 people named Dykeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,743 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,146.

#22,663

rank among US surnames

1,132

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,307)

Who is named Dykeman

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

94% of people named Dykeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dikeman

Surnames that sound like Dykeman

Dickman

Dykeman has the Soundex code D255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D255.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dykeman come from?: Probably a translation of Dutch Dykman.
How common is the surname Dykeman?: 1,132 people in the United States had the surname Dykeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,743 Americans. It ranked 22,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dykeman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dykeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dykeman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,132 in 2010, down 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Dykeman?: Dikeman.