Last Name DIKE

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Meaning	Local: Of the dike or dikes, i.e. banks, trenches.

Origin	English, Swedish, Irish, Romanian, Nigerian

Rank	16,128 (2000 US census)	18,261 (1990 US census)

Count	1,649 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.71%, or 1166 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.38%, or 369 total occurrences, as black,
1.03%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.36%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.55%, or 42 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.97%, or 49 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Last Name DIKE

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