How common is the surname Dykstra?

7,913 people in the United States had the surname Dykstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,018 Americans. It ranked 4,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dykstra?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dykstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dykstra?

Kenny Dykstra, American professional wrestler, followed by Chloe Dykstra.

Where is the surname Dykstra most common?

Wikidata records people named Dykstra in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Is the surname Dykstra getting more or less common?

More common. 7,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,913 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Dykstra

A Frisian place surname, carried by 7,913 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dykstra is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Frisian origin

Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.

Dykstra is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,913 people named Dykstra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,018 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,451.

#4,485

rank among US surnames

7,913

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,404)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,476	Alam	7,932	38,924
#4,477	Buxton	7,925	38,958
#4,478	Chestnut	7,924	38,963
#4,479	Eggers	7,921	38,978
#4,480	Armstead	7,919	38,988
#4,481	Muro	7,916	39,003
#4,483	Jeanbaptiste	7,915	39,008

Who is named Dykstra

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

96% of people named Dykstra identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dykstras

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kenny Dykstra
American professional wrestler, born 1986
Chloe Dykstra
American actress and cosplayer, born 1988
Andrew Dykstra
American soccer player, born 1986

Notable Dykstras come mostly from the United States (2) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

Questions

Where does the surname Dykstra come from?: Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.
How common is the surname Dykstra?: 7,913 people in the United States had the surname Dykstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,018 Americans. It ranked 4,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dykstra?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dykstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dykstra?: Kenny Dykstra, American professional wrestler, followed by Chloe Dykstra.
Where is the surname Dykstra most common?: Wikidata records people named Dykstra in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
What type of surname is Dykstra?: Dykstra is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dykstra getting more or less common?: More common. 7,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,913 in 2010, up 6.2%.