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Van Dyk Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Van Dyk, Van Dijk, Van Dijck, Van Dike, Van Dik, Van Dyck, Van Dijken, Van Dyken, Dijkman, Dykman and many more.

Van Dyk Ranking

In South Africa, the name Van Dyk is the 444th most popular surname with an estimated 16,050 people with that name. 1


United States Van Dyk migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Van Dyk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Willemina VanDyk, aged 35, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1846 2
  • Teunis VanDyk, aged 14, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
  • Elizabeth VanDyk, aged 7, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
  • Aaltje VanDyk, aged 44, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
  • Hendrik VanDyk, aged 4, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Van Dyk (post 1700) +

  • Walter van Dyk (b. 1961), British singer and composer
  • Joost van Dyk (1600-1630), Dutch privateer
  • Irene van Dyk MNZM (b. 1972), South African-born, New Zealand four-time goild medalist athlete, one of the world's best-known netball players
  • Ernst Van Dyk (b. 1973), South African wheelchair athlete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics


  1. "Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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