# Aldridge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aldridge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,034 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,562 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (22,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arledge, Arlidge, Houldridge, Oldridge |

## Etymology

From Old English alor (“alder”) + wīc (“farmstead”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aldridge in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aldridge in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Aldridge

- LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player
- Lily Aldridge, American model
- Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
- James Aldridge, Australian-British writer, journalist
- Ira Aldridge, American-British stage actor (1807-1867)
- Ben Aldridge, British actor
- Vic Aldridge, American professional baseball pitcher (1893–1973)
- Blake Aldridge, British diver

## Similar surnames

Alldredge, Aldrich, Alder, Alderete, Aldrete, Aldred, Alderfer, Alderman, Alderson, Alatorre, Alter, Altieri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.