Updike Name Origin and Family Crest

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The meaning behind Updike

Genealogists group Updike with Updyke. The name is usually explained as “Dweller on the dike”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Updike has “i” where Updyke has “y”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Updyck. In the 2010 US Census, 2,941 Americans gave Updike as their last name (rank 10,829).

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