How common is the surname Updike?

2,941 people in the United States had the surname Updike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Updike?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Updike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Updike?

John Updike, American novelist, poet (1932–2009).

Where is the surname Updike most common?

Wikidata records people named Updike in the United States.

How do you pronounce Updike?

Updike is /ˈʌpdaɪk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Updike getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Updike

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,941 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʌpdaɪk/ 2 syllables Soundex U132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Updike is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

From Dutch Opdijk.

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 2,941 people named Updike in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,953.

#10,829

rank among US surnames

2,941

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,066)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,822	Sanon	2,943	104,908
#10,826	Barillas	2,942	104,944
#10,829	Nault	2,941	104,980
#10,834	Tullos	2,940	105,015
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087

Who is named Updike

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

95% of people named Updike identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Updikes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Updike
American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Updyke
Opdyck
Opdike

Updike has the Soundex code U132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U132.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Updike come from?: From Dutch Opdijk.
How common is the surname Updike?: 2,941 people in the United States had the surname Updike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Updike?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Updike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Updike?: John Updike, American novelist, poet (1932–2009).
Where is the surname Updike most common?: Wikidata records people named Updike in the United States.
How do you pronounce Updike?: Updike is /ˈʌpdaɪk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Updike getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Updike?: Updyke, Opdyck and Opdike.