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Dickment Surname Definition:

DECHMONT: Local, from Dechmont neer Uphall, West Lothian. John of Dychtmunt on inquest at Carnwath, 1524 (CBBC., p. 14). See also Dichmount.

Dickment Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Dickment Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

DECHMONT: Local, from Dechmont neer Uphall, West Lothian. John of Dychtmunt on inquest at Carnwath, 1524 (CBBC., p. 14). See also Dichmount.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

DICHMOUNT: Marion Dichmount in Revingstruther, parish of Carstairs, 1626 (Lanark) probably derived her surname from Dechmont in the parish of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Thomas Dechmone was first recorded schoolmaster in the parish of Shotts, 1650 (Grosart, Parish of Shotts, 1880, p. 193). See also Dechmont.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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