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The surname Ditch

A surname, carried by 1,153 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D320

Ditch: #22,346 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ditch #22,346, 1,153 people Ditch: #22,346 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ditch #22,346, 1,153 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ditch is more common than 86.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,153 people named Ditch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,070.

#22,346
rank among US surnames
1,153
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+7.8%
change since 2000 (was #22,443)

Who is named Ditch

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Ditch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ditch

Ditch has the Soundex code D320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D320.

Questions

How common is the surname Ditch?
1,153 people in the United States had the surname Ditch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. It ranked 22,346th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ditch?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ditch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ditch getting more or less common?
More common. 1,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,153 in 2010, up 7.8%.