Find out how popular the last name Dikun is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dikun.

Dikun, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dikun surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dikun in America

Dikun is the 91981st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dikun surname appeared 200 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dikun.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dikun to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dikun

The surname DIKUN is of Ukrainian origin, and its earliest recorded instances can be traced back to the 16th century in the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, which were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time.

The name is believed to derive from the Ukrainian word "dyka," which means "wild" or "untamed," and may have been used to describe someone with a free-spirited or unconventional nature. It's also possible that the name originated as a nickname or a descriptive term for someone who lived in a remote or wild area.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the DIKUN surname appeared in various historical records and documents related to the Ukrainian Cossack communities, which were known for their fierce independence and military prowess. One notable example is Ivan DIKUN, a Cossack leader who participated in the Khmelnytsky Uprising against Polish rule in the mid-17th century.

As the Ukrainian diaspora spread across Eastern Europe and beyond, the DIKUN surname could be found in various regions. For instance, in the late 19th century, Mykola DIKUN was a prominent Ukrainian writer and translator who was born in the village of Mykulyntsi (now in Western Ukraine) in 1859 and died in 1919.

Another notable figure was Petro DIKUN, a Ukrainian politician and activist who was born in 1892 in the village of Stavky (now in Central Ukraine). He played a key role in the Ukrainian national movement during the early 20th century and served as a member of the Ukrainian Central Council during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.

In the 20th century, the DIKUN surname also gained recognition in the field of sports. Oleksandr DIKUN, born in 1932 in Kharkiv (Eastern Ukraine), was a renowned weightlifter who won multiple Olympic and World Championships medals for the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s.

It's worth noting that variations of the spelling, such as DYKUN or DIKOUN, may also be encountered, reflecting the evolution of the name over time and across different regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dikun

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dikun.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dikun was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dikun has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dikun was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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