Dymock

English

Etymology

From either Welsh ty (“house”) or din (“stronghold, fortress”) + moch (“swine; pigsty”).

Proper noun

Dymock (countable and uncountable, plural Dymocks)

1. A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6931).
2. A habitational surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dymock is the 98099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 185 individuals. Dymock is most common among White (98.38%) individuals.

References

• Dymock parish map

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dymock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 506.