Dijkstra Surname

19,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Dijkstra Surname Definition:

(Frisian), Dike place or stead. (variant: van Camstra.)

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Dijkstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands26,8541:62922
Germany1881:428,22138,630
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
New Zealand1501:30,1895,269
Thailand1271:556,20795,235
South Africa1201:451,48138,064
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
Belgium811:141,93420,189
Australia751:359,94330,133
England711:784,76142,668
Sweden631:156,29810,904
Canada611:604,02649,778
France541:1,230,050127,496
Switzerland471:174,74315,901
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Denmark211:268,79620,394
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Norway191:270,64728,127
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Wales51:618,90625,852
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Suriname41:138,1547,029
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Dijkstra (10) may also be a first name.

Dijkstra Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Frisian), Dike place or stead. (variant: van Camstra.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

User-submitted Reference

Dijk means 'dike' and stra is a Germanic derivative that means 'resident' - 'resident of the dike'. Its origin is Frisian. In Frisian it is pronounced as Diekstra.

- marjanned

Dijkstra Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dijkstra Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dijkstra (Arabic: ديكسترا) is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dijkstra click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dijkstra? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,364th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 256,884 people. The surname Dijkstra occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Dijkstra reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

Dijkstra is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 26,854 people, or 1 in 629. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 32 percent are found, North Holland, where 13 percent are found and Groningen, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Dijkstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dijkstra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dijkstra last name expanded 3,120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dijkstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dijkstra surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dijkstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning 376,837 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.71% more than the national average, earning R 422,304 per year; in United States they earn 2.26% less than the national average, earning $42,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.09% less than the national average, earning $48,146 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dijskstra941/
Dikstra9337/
Diekstra88164/
Duikstra887/
Diskstra882/
Digkstra881/
Dykstra8014,872/
Dekstra801/
Dykestra754/
Dyskstra753/
Deykstra751/
Dyckstra750/
Dichstra750/
Dykstrau750/
Dykstra's711/
Diextra6720/
Dykstre674/
Dykstro672/
Dixtray670/
Dextra57210/
Dyxtra570/
Dextras53142/
Diextre532/
Dextrat531/
Dextrait5076/

Dijkstra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dijkstra in the Arabic language
ديكستراdykstra-

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