Explore the Family Name Nordyke

The meaning of Nordyke

Americanized form of Dutch Noordijk: topographic name for someone living at ‘the north dike’ (see Van Dijk) or a habitational name for someone from Noordijk or Noorddijk.

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How common is the last name Nordyke in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Nordyke has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 20,887 in terms of popularity among surnames and fell to 22,081 in 2010, marking a decrease of 5.72%. The count of individuals with this surname remained fairly stable with only a minor decrease of 0.17% from 1,175 individuals in 2000 to 1,173 in 2010. Notably, the proportion of people with the surname Nordyke per 100k population decreased by 9.09% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,887	#22,081	-5.72%
Count	1,175	1,173	-0.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.4	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nordyke

From an ethnic identity perspective, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Nordyke surname identified as White, accounting for 95.57% of the total in 2010, down slightly from 95.74% in 2000. Minor changes can also be observed among individuals identifying as Hispanic (increase from 1.02% to 1.53%) and those reporting two or more races (increase from 1.45% to 1.71%). The data reveals no change in individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black over the decade. Moreover, there was a small percentage decrease among those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native from 0.85% in 2000 to 0.77% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.74%	95.57%	-0.18%
Two or More Races	1.45%	1.71%	17.93%
Hispanic	1.02%	1.53%	50%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.85%	0.77%	-9.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.43%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%