Dykstra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.

Proper noun

Dykstra (plural Dykstras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dykstra is the 4485^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7913 individuals. Dykstra is most common among White (95.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dykstra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 506.