How common is the surname Dykes?

13,874 people in the United States had the surname Dykes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,254 Americans. It ranked 2,598th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dykes?

John Bacchus Dykes, British clergyman and hymnist (1823–1876).

Where is the surname Dykes most common?

Wikidata records people named Dykes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Dykes getting more or less common?

Less common. 13,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,874 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Dykes

A surname, carried by 13,874 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dykes is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,874 people named Dykes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,254 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,891.

#2,598

rank among US surnames

13,874

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,589	Luther	13,906	22,202
#2,590	Lofton	13,900	22,212
#2,591	Myles	13,898	22,215
#2,593	Humphreys	13,895	22,220
#2,594	Renner	13,889	22,230
#2,595	Alves	13,882	22,241
#2,596	Forrester	13,878	22,247

Who is named Dykes

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

81% of people named Dykes identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dykess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Bacchus Dykes
British clergyman and hymnist (1823–1876)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dykes

Dykes has the Soundex code D220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D220.

Questions

How common is the surname Dykes?: 13,874 people in the United States had the surname Dykes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,254 Americans. It ranked 2,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dykes?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Dykes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dykes?: John Bacchus Dykes, British clergyman and hymnist (1823–1876).
Where is the surname Dykes most common?: Wikidata records people named Dykes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Dykes getting more or less common?: Less common. 13,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,874 in 2010, down 0.1%.