The Wyckoff surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,262 people carried this name — #6,451 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 5,389 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Wyckoff surname

Borrowed from Dutch Wyckoff, from wijk (“district”) + hof (“farmstead”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wyckoff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Wyckoff in American newspapers,
1899–1911.

Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Wyckoff
The Bossier Banner 1899-09-14
Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Wyckoff
The Southern Herald 1899-09-08
Newspaper page from Tensas Gazette carrying the name Wyckoff
Tensas Gazette 1911-02-24

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

In print

Wyckoff in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.

129 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wyckoff. The most, 90, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 45
Victoria 26
South Australia 19
Queensland 18
Western Australia 14
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named Wyckoff,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard B. Wyckoff
    Richard B. Wyckoff 1815–1896 · politician
  • Martin Nevius Wyckof
    Martin Nevius Wyckof 1850–1911 · missionary
  • J. Lewis Wyckoff
    J. Lewis Wyckoff 1864–1931 · businessperson
  • Richard Wyckoff
    Richard Wyckoff 1873–1934 · investor
  • Alvin Wyckoff
    Alvin Wyckoff 1877–1957 · cinematographer
  • Nicholas Pieterse Wyckoff 1646–1714

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Richard Wyckoff: Ferranfont7070, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Wyckoff,
in the records of 2 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 States723 records

723 records of the Wyckoff name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 330
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 203
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 65
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dan L. Wyckoff

    Born 1920 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louisa Wyckoff

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Underwriter from Liverpool, aged 40; servant.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard L. Wyckoff

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1936, died 2001; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 723 records for Wyckoff in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Wyckoff name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Audrey Wyckoff

    Buried in 1916 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Charles Beverly Wyckoff

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Barkley W. Wyckoff

    Buried in 1953 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Wyckoff in Canada.

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

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