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    The surname Claridge

    An English place surname, carried by 935 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C463

    Claridge: #26,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Claridge #26,171, 935 people Claridge: #26,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Claridge #26,171, 935 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claridge is more common than 83.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Claridge 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 935 people named Claridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 330,209 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 832.

    #26,171
    rank among US surnames
    935
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #27,313)

    Who is named Claridge

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

    93% of people named Claridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Claridy

    Surnames that sound like Claridge

    Claridge has the Soundex code C463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C463.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Claridge come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Claridge?
    935 people in the United States had the surname Claridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 330,209 Americans. It ranked 26,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claridge?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Claridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Claridge?
    Claridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Claridge getting more or less common?
    More common. 832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 935 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Claridge?
    Claridy.