as a Last Name
- 5,589
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Dyke
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English diche, dike, Old English dīc ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditcher or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. The medieval dike was larger and more prominent than the modern ditch, and was usually constructed for purposes of defense rather than drainage.
| 6,176th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,589
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Dyke per capita
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