Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
DITCH
There are approximately 284 people named Ditch in the UK. That makes it the 13,189th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 4 are named Ditch.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Related and similar surnames
DichDietch
Ditche
Ddich
Diche
Ditches
Ditchie
Dichs
Ditchey
Dichu
Dicho
Dichi
Dicha
Diches
Dichy
Dichie
Dicht
Dichl
Dichas
Dichow
Dichos
Dichis
The Ditch surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
DITCH. From residence in or near the ditch of a fortified town, like the French De la Fosse. Its forms in the H.R. are De Fossa, De la Fosse, &c., and there is one unlucky wight called " Absolon in le Dyche."