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Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.