# Edge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/edge/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,556 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,119 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,717 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (11,216 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Edge 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Edge in the United States and Australia.

## People named Edge

- Walter Evans Edge, American politician (1873-1956)
- Selwyn Edge, British businessman and racing driver (1868-1940)
- Exene Cervenka, American singer

## Similar surnames

Egge, Eads, Eades, Edick.

## 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.