Ditchburn
English
Alternative forms
- Dutchburn
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place near Alnwick, in Northumberland, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) + burna (“stream”).
Proper noun
Ditchburn (plural Ditchburns)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ditchburn is the 5577th most common surname in England, belonging to 1267 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003) , “Ditchburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN