Dymock Surname

261,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Dymock Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dymock,' a parish in Gloucestershire. Mr. Lower quotes with deserved ridicule an absurd statement from Burke's Landed Gentry, that this family (Dymock) claims descent from Tudor Trevor, lord of Whittington, in Shropshire, from whom sprang David ap Madoc, commonly called Dai, whence the gradual corruptions Dai-madoc, Damoc, Dymoc, Dymock.

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Dymock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4181:133,29713,123
Australia4061:66,4927,929
United States2241:1,618,120108,461
Scotland1781:30,0783,120
New Zealand1191:38,0536,460
Canada781:472,37940,609
Wales531:58,3875,284
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
France41:16,605,680368,153
China21:683,660,78330,601
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2791:87,3679,159
Scotland1191:31,4562,641
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Dymock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Dymock,' a parish in Gloucestershire. Mr. Lower quotes with deserved ridicule an absurd statement from Burke's Landed Gentry, that this family (Dymock) claims descent from Tudor Trevor, lord of Whittington, in Shropshire, from whom sprang David ap Madoc, commonly called Dai, whence the gradual corruptions Dai-madoc, Damoc, Dymoc, Dymock.

1557. Buried — Anne, wife of John Dymmocke: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1504. Giles Dimmock, vicar of Duntsboum Abbotts: Atkyns' History Gloucestershire.

1746-7. Baptised — Jane, d. Lewis Dymoke: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Dymock (Glos.), 14th cent. Dimoc = the Dim, or Dark, or Shady Oak [Old English dim, dark + ác, oak] This name was Latinized in mediæval documents de Umbrosa Quercu.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This ancient family, in which the office of King's Champion has long been hereditary, claim descent from Tudor Trevor, lord of Whittington in Shropshire, (ancestor of the Pennants,) from whom sprang David ap Madoc, commonly called Dai, whence the gradual corruptions, Dai-Madoc, Damoc, Dymoc, Dymock. Such is the statement in B.L.G., but having no faith in such twisted derivations, I shall take the liberty of deducing the name from the parish of Dymock in Gloucestershire, the birth-place of the "Man of Ross," and also, it is said, of the celebrated breed of sheep now called Merino, exported from thence to Spain in the fourteenth century.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Gloucestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Dimmocks or Dimocks of this county possess the name of an ancient and distinguished family of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. The Dymokes of Scrivelsby held the office of Champion of England from the time of Richard II. until the present century (Allen's "Lincolnshire").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Dymock Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dymock Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dymock is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dymock click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dymock? popularity and diffusion

It is the 261,171st most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,848,667 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 45 percent of Dymock live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 43 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 133,297. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 23 percent reside, Somerset, where 9 percent reside and Hertfordshire, where 8 percent reside. Excluding England this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.

Dymock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dymock has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Dymock surname expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 896 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 589 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dymock Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dymock surname are 37.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.44% being registered with the party.

The amount Dymock earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 19.54% more than the national average, earning $51,579 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $48,987 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dymmock9220/
Dymok9191/
Dimock831,977/
Dymoke83138/
Demock8372/
Dymack832/
Dimmock773,373/
Dimouck7739/
Dimocks771/
Demmock771/
Daimock770/
Dămoc73307/
Dymák73177/
Dymak7372/
Dämoc7342/
Demok7337/
Dimok7331/
Dimoc7312/
Democ737/
Demmocks7161/
Dymokova711/
Deimmock710/
Dimoke67562/
Demack67148/
Duymak67132/
Dimack6719/
Doymak6715/
Demoke6711/
Dymackova678/
Dimouk674/
Demockova671/
Deemok671/
Dimook671/
Dymmak671/
Dimmok671/
Diomoc671/
Dimmoc671/
Demoks670/

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