van Dyk Surname

26,313th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Dyk Surname Definition:

“Living near the Dyke” in Dutch.

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van Dyk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa16,0501:3,376444
Netherlands1,1911:14,1792,118
Canada1,0991:33,5264,325
Australia9531:28,3273,848
United States3451:1,050,60676,867
New Zealand2501:18,1133,168
England1711:325,83724,140
Germany1561:516,06143,667
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Argentina441:971,44161,182
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Ireland141:336,35312,021
France111:6,038,429280,838
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1191:422,00630,979

van Dyk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Living near the Dyke” in Dutch.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

(Dutch/Flemish/Afrikaans), One who came, lived, or potentially built the dike nearby. (Compare with Van Beek, as there is no 'der' typically found in this surname), the Netherlands are very famous for their heavy amount of dike's that they have, which explains why Van Dijk is the most common 'van' surname in the Netherlands, the surname bearer rate is around 1:300 ('van' = of, + 'dijk' = dike, 'dijk' comes from middle Dutch 'dijc', Proto-Germanic 'dīkaz', Proto-Indo-European 'dheig(ʷ)', 'ditch' 'seawall', etc.,).

Merten Van Dijck, 1st of January 1605. First record of this surname known.

For many it has been Anglicised, changed or been written in a different way for several reasons, the forms of this surname are 'Van Dijk', 'Van der Dijk', 'Van Dyke', 'Van Dyck', 'Van Dyk', 'Van Dyken', 'Van Dycke', 'Van Dijck', 'Van Dijken', 'Vandyke', 'Vandijck', 'Vandijk', 'Vandijcke', 'Dijk', 'Dijkman', and probably tons more, there are not many surnames that can be claimed to have this may variants (≥14).

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(Dutch/Flemish/Afrikaans), One who came, lived, or potentially built the dike nearby. (Compare with Van Beek, as there is no 'der' typically found in this surname), the Netherlands are very famous for their heavy amount of dike's that they have, which explains why Van Dijk is the most common 'van' surname in the Netherlands, the surname bearer rate is around 1:300 ('van' = of, + 'dijk' = dike, 'dijk' comes from Mid. Dutch 'dijc', Proto-Germanic 'dīkaz', Proto-Indo-European 'dheig(ʷ)', 'ditch' 'seawall', etc.,).

Merten Van Dijck, 1st of January 1605. First record of this surname known.

For many it has been Anglicised, changed or been written in a different way for several reasons, the forms of this surname are 'Van Dijk', 'Van der Dijk', 'Van Dyke', 'Van Dyck', 'Van Dyk', 'Van Dyken', 'Van Dycke', 'Van Dijck', 'Van Dijken', 'Vandyke', 'Vandijck', 'Vandijk', 'Vandijckw', 'Dijk', 'Dijkman', and probably tons more, there are not many surnames that can be claimed to have this may variants (≥14).

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DNA test information
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van Dyk Demographics

Average Male van Dyk Height

177.41 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 88 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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van Dyk Last Name Facts

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

van Dyk is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Dyk.

How Common Is The Last Name van Dyk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 26,313th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 356,429 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of van Dyk live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 16,050 people, or 1 in 3,376. In South Africa van Dyk is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Western Cape, where 19 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Besides South Africa van Dyk is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

van Dyk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Dyk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Dyk surname expanded 290 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Dyk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Dyk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.27% more than the national average, earning R 426,024 per year and in Canada they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $49,687 CAD per year.

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Van-Dyke8046/
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van Deik8016/
van Deek8014/
von Dyke807/
von Dyck805/
van Digk801/
van Dujk801/
van Deck800/
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van Dijke752,162/
van Deijk75193/
von Duyke7528/
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Van-Dycke753/
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