Dorizac Family in England - Name Origin?

[bykerlads]

Place names ending in -ac are very common in mid-and South- Western France. By connection, it could appear in surnames.

[brigidmac]

AC endings also common in polish names

Have you looked at Eastern European possibilities ?

Has anyone of their descendants taken DNA test that might show up a country or region

[Anne Forrest]

I have already found a baptismal record for a Sicaire Dorizac 1763 at St Suplice-de- Roumangnac in the Dordogne although I cannot connect this person to my family tree. His father's surname looks like 'Donzac' and there are other 'Donzacs' in the area. I think one name may be a corruption of the other.

[melba_schmelba]

Familysearch suggests:

Dariosecq
du Rusquec
de Roussac
Dureysseix
Drosec
Durzac
de Raseignac
Duraissac
Du Raysaix
Duraissaix

This surname dictionary may also help

http://jeantosti.com/noms/a.htm

[melba_schmelba]

May be a connection to this ?

Ressigeac   Désigne celui qui est originaire de Ressigeac, nom d'un hameau à Sauveterre, dans le Tarn-et-Garonne. Variantes : Ressijac, Ressejac, Ressejeac.

[bykerlads]

There is small town/village called Donzac, near Agen south of Bergerac in S/W France. Maybe a link?

[jayaygee]

The surname Dorizac is also found in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

[EHarling]

Wow, all this research is amazing, thank you everyone! France is certainly sounding possible. French protestant would also certainly seem plausible for the time. Where are you all finding the French Dorizacs?

I have taken a DNA test which sadly gave no clues, saying I'm 100% English, Scottish and Irish (despite I know for sure I have quite a bit of distant French ancestry from another line). I am 7 generations removed from Peter Dorizac however, so I guess it makes sense that it might not show up.

[jayaygee]

There are some on filae.com