Dykstra
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.
Proper noun
editDykstra (plural Dykstras)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dykstra is the 4485th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7913 individuals. Dykstra is most common among White (95.72%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dykstra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 506.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from West Frisian
- English terms derived from West Frisian
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Old Frisian
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Dutch
- English surnames from West Frisian