Dyke Family History
Dyke Name Meaning
English: from Middle English diche, dike, Old
English dic ‘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.Americanized
spelling of Dutch Dijk (see Dyck).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dyke
Name Distribution of Dyke Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dyke families
 237 - 472  80 - 236 |
 1 - 79  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dyke families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dyke census records
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Dyke Family Origin
Dyke Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dyke Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Dyke
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