Last name: BOWDITCH
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BOWDITCH : This last name is indexed 16,760 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BOWDITCH : English: habitational name from Bowditch in Chardstock (Devon formerly in Dorset). The placename probably derives from Middle English bove the diche ‘above the ditch’ (Old English būfan dīce).
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