Konyndyk last name popularity, history, and meaning

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

Meaning of Konyndyk

A Dutch surname indicating one who lived by a rabbit warren or rabbit hole.

Konyndyk, 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 Konyndyk surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Konyndyk in America

Konyndyk is the 138304th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Konyndyk surname appeared 121 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 Konyndyk.

We can also compare 2010 data for Konyndyk 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.

20102000Change (%)
Rank138304138741-0.32%
Count1211118.62%
Proportion per 100k0.040.040.00%

The history of the last name Konyndyk

The surname KONYNDYK has its origins in the Netherlands, dating back to the 16th century. It is believed to have been derived from the Dutch words "koning" meaning "king" and "dyk" meaning "dike" or "embankment." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked on a dike owned by the king or a royal estate.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name KONYNDYK can be found in the historical records of the city of Dordrecht, where a certain Jan Konyndyk is mentioned as a resident in the year 1573. This indicates that the name was already in use during the latter part of the 16th century in the Dutch provinces.

Another notable reference to the name KONYNDYK comes from the archives of the city of Rotterdam, where a merchant named Pieter Konyndyk is documented as having traded goods with merchants from England and France in the early 17th century. This suggests that the name had spread to other parts of the Netherlands by this time.

In the 18th century, the name KONYNDYK appears to have been particularly prevalent in the region of Friesland, in the northern Netherlands. Records from the village of Wolvega show several families with this surname living in the area during this period.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname KONYNDYK was Dirk Konyndyk, a farmer from the village of Baarderadeel in Friesland, who was born in 1698 and died in 1776. Another notable figure was Johannes Konyndyk, a Reformed Church minister who served in the town of Workum, Friesland, from 1742 until his death in 1782.

Moving into the 19th century, the name KONYNDYK continued to be found in various parts of the Netherlands, with some individuals bearing this surname emigrating to other countries as well. One such person was Gerrit Konyndyk, who was born in the Dutch town of Wijk bij Duurstede in 1825 and later immigrated to the United States in the 1860s, settling in the state of Michigan.

Other notable individuals with the surname KONYNDYK include Andries Konyndyk, a Dutch painter who lived in the late 19th century and was known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the Dutch countryside. Additionally, there was a Dutch author named Pieter Konyndyk, who was born in 1872 and wrote several novels and short stories in the early 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Konyndyk

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

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 Konyndyk was:

Race/EthnicityPercentageTotal Occurrences
Non-Hispanic White Only100.00%121
Non-Hispanic Black Only0.00%0
Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only0.00%0
Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native0.00%0
Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races0.00%0
Hispanic Origin0.00%0

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 Konyndyk has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

20102000Change (%)
White100.00%99.10%0.90%
Black0.00%(S)%(S)%
Asian and Pacific Islander0.00%0.00%0.00%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0.00%0.00%0.00%
Two or More Races0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hispanic0.00%(S)%(S)%

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 Konyndyk was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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