The Vandyke surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,030 people carried this name — #2,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 16,474 in 2000.

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In print

Vandyke in American newspapers,
1872–1902.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name Vandyke
New Orleans Republican 1872-08-11
Newspaper page from The Pascoag Herald carrying the name Vandyke
The Pascoag Herald 1902-02-14
Newspaper page from Richmond Daily Palladium carrying the name Vandyke
Richmond Daily Palladium 1901-11-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Vandyke in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

754 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vandyke. The most, 112, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 369
Victoria 103
Western Australia 90
Queensland 80
Tasmania 59
South Australia 42
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vandyke.

Who carried it

People named Vandyke,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Philip Vandyke 1729– · painter
  • Thomas McFarland Vandyke 1869–1957
  • Julia Vandyke 1895–1973
  • Elizabeth Cadell 1903–1989 · writer
  • Les Vandyke 1931–2021 · composer

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Vandyke,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States498 records

498 records of the Vandyke name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 224
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 139
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Corbett C. Vandyke

    Born 1924 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Abingdon; farm hand from Buchanan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Haven Vandyke

    Born 1944; from Salt Lake City, Utah. U.S. Air Force, pilot; declared dead 1968 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ar Will Vandyke

    Arrived at New York in 1889 aboard the Noordland from Antwerp, aged 21; laborer. From Holland, the Netherlands; bound for Grand Rapids.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 498 records for Vandyke in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Vandyke name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alf Vandyke

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Nagpore, aged 32.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hy Vandyke

    Arrived in Victoria in 1893 aboard the Ormuz, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Vandyke

    Arrived in Victoria in 1893 aboard the Orotava, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Vandyke in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Vandyke name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Clarence Vandyke

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Dresden, Ontario.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles Vandyke

    Died 1990; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Vandyke in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Vandyke name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. R. Vandyke

    Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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