Updike
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Frequency: (1246)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Altered spelling of Dutch Opdijk, a topographic name for someone who lived on a dike.
FOREBEARS: The American writer John Updike traces his ancestry to Gijsbert Opdijck, commander of the Fort Goede Hoop (now Hartford, CT) in the 1640s.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Pigeon Feathers
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John Updike
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Writers: John Updike
(1966 Language & Literature Film)
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