# Claridge (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 935 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 330,209 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (832 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Claridy |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * A metronymic surname from the Old French female given name Clarice. * Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, probably named with Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Claridge 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Clardy, Cloward, Collard, Colorado, Couillard.

## 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.