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Dutch (also Van Wyck) and Jewish (from the Netherlands): habitational name for someone from any of the many places in the Netherlands named Wijk, from the Dutch word wijk ‘district’, ‘settlement’.
In 1880, Farmer and Keeping House were the top 2 reported jobs worked by Van Wyk. The most common Van Wyk occupation in the USA was Farmer. 33% of Van Wyk's were Farmers. A less common occupation for the Van Wyk family was Oyster Business.
An International Registry was developed to trek migration of all surname to determine where people have migrated to and how many . In 1996 the statistics showed that the United State of America is the country with the highest population of Van Wyk's, followed by Canada, South Africa and Netherlands.