as a Last Name
- 7,673
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dykstra
Meaning & Origins
Frisian: topographic name for someone who lived in the vicinity of a dike, from a locative agent noun based on Old Frisian dīk ‘dike’.
| 4,023rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Dyksterhuis, Dyksterhouse, Dykshorn, Dykster, Dykshoorn, Dyksen, Dykstar, Dyksinski, Docster, Dyksman
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,673
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Dykstra per capita
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