Last Name DYKE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of the dike or dikes, i.e. banks, trenches. Local: A name given to one who lived near a ditch, bank, or entrenchment, as "John at the dyke."

Origin	English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank	6,271 (2000 US census)	6,707 (1990 US census)

Count	5,005 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.83%, or 4646 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.42%, or 171 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.68%, or 34 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.2%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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