How common is the surname Aldridge?

23,034 people in the United States had the surname Aldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,404 Americans. It ranked 1,562nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Aldridge?

LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player, followed by Lily Aldridge.

Where is the surname Aldridge most common?

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

Is the surname Aldridge getting more or less common?

More common. 22,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,034 in 2010, up 3.9%.

What are other spellings of Aldridge?

Arledge, Arlidge, Houldridge and Oldridge.

The surname Aldridge

An English place surname, carried by 23,034 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aldridge is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Aldridge is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,034 people named Aldridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,404 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,160.

#1,562

rank among US surnames

23,034

people in 2010

7.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,472)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,553	Rubin	23,165	13,328
#1,554	Reynoso	23,143	13,341
#1,555	Wesley	23,135	13,345
#1,556	Hidalgo	23,134	13,346
#1,557	Cabral	23,128	13,349
#1,558	Samuel	23,125	13,351
#1,559	Lacy	23,110	13,360

Who is named Aldridge

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Aldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Aldridges

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

LaMarcus Aldridge
American basketball player, born 1985
Lily Aldridge
American model, born 1985
Tommy Aldridge
American drummer, born 1950
James Aldridge
Australian-British writer, journalist, 1918–2015
Ira Aldridge
American-British stage actor (1807-1867)
Ben Aldridge
British actor, born 1985
Vic Aldridge
American professional baseball pitcher (1893–1973)
Blake Aldridge
British diver, born 1982

Notable Aldridges come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Arledge
Arlidge
Houldridge
Oldridge

Surnames that sound like Aldridge

Aldridge has the Soundex code A436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A436.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aldridge come from?: From Old English alor (“alder”) + wīc (“farmstead”).
How common is the surname Aldridge?: 23,034 people in the United States had the surname Aldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,404 Americans. It ranked 1,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aldridge?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Aldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Aldridge?: LaMarcus Aldridge, American basketball player, followed by Lily Aldridge.
Where is the surname Aldridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Aldridge in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Aldridge?: Aldridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Aldridge getting more or less common?: More common. 22,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,034 in 2010, up 3.9%.
What are other spellings of Aldridge?: Arledge, Arlidge, Houldridge and Oldridge.