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    The surname Ditton

    An English place surname, carried by 394 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdɪtən/ 2 syllables Soundex D350

    Ditton: #52,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ditton #52,619, 394 people Ditton: #52,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ditton #52,619, 394 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ditton is more common than 67.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Deighton.

    Ditton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 394 people named Ditton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 783,618 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 461.

    #52,619
    rank among US surnames
    394
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -14.5%
    change since 2000 (was #44,027)

    Who is named Ditton

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

    96% of people named Ditton identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ditton

    Ditton has the Soundex code D350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D350.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ditton come from?
    From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Deighton.
    How common is the surname Ditton?
    394 people in the United States had the surname Ditton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 783,618 Americans. It ranked 52,619th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ditton?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ditton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Ditton?
    Ditton is /ˈdɪtən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Ditton?
    Ditton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ditton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 394 in 2010, down 15%.