How common is the surname Dandridge?

4,201 people in the United States had the surname Dandridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,493 Americans. It ranked 7,876th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dandridge?

Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (1922–1965), followed by Merle Dandridge.

Where is the surname Dandridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Dandridge in the United States.

Is the surname Dandridge getting more or less common?

More common. 3,971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,201 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Dandridge

An English place surname, carried by 4,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dandridge is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).

Dandridge 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 4,201 people named Dandridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,493 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,971.

#7,876

rank among US surnames

4,201

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,723)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,873	Crank	4,204	73,441
#7,874	Pendley	4,203	73,458
#7,875	Horgan	4,202	73,476
#7,876	Pasillas	4,201	73,493
#7,880	McGlynn	4,200	73,511

Who is named Dandridge

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

73% of people named Dandridge identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 73%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dandridges

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dorothy Dandridge
American actress and singer (1922–1965)
Merle Dandridge
American actress, born 1975
Bob Dandridge
American basketball player-coach, born 1947
Vivian Dandridge
American actress and singer (1921-1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dandridge

Dandrea

Dandridge has the Soundex code D536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D536.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dandridge come from?: English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).
How common is the surname Dandridge?: 4,201 people in the United States had the surname Dandridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,493 Americans. It ranked 7,876th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dandridge?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Dandridge identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dandridge?: Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (1922–1965), followed by Merle Dandridge.
Where is the surname Dandridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Dandridge in the United States.
What type of surname is Dandridge?: Dandridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dandridge getting more or less common?: More common. 3,971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,201 in 2010, up 5.8%.