Ditchburn
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from a place near Alnwick, in Northumberland, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) + burna (“stream”).
Proper noun
editDitchburn (plural Ditchburns)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ditchburn is the 5577th most common surname in England, belonging to 1267 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ditchburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 469.