How common is the surname Edge?

11,556 people in the United States had the surname Edge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,717 Americans. It ranked 3,119th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Edge?

Walter Evans Edge, American politician (1873-1956), followed by Selwyn Edge.

Where is the surname Edge most common?

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

Is the surname Edge getting more or less common?

More common. 11,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,556 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Edge

A place surname, carried by 11,556 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edge is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

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

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,556 people named Edge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,717 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,216.

#3,119

rank among US surnames

11,556

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #2,950)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,110	Lewandowski	11,577	26,669
#3,111	Quinonez	11,576	26,671
#3,112	Cepeda	11,572	26,680
#3,113	Botello	11,569	26,687
#3,115	Barclay	11,568	26,690
#3,116	Grissom	11,563	26,701
#3,117	Canfield	11,560	26,708

Who is named Edge

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

81% of people named Edge identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Edges

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Edges come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Edge

Egge

Edge has the Soundex code E320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E320.

Questions

Where does the surname Edge come from?: English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.
How common is the surname Edge?: 11,556 people in the United States had the surname Edge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,717 Americans. It ranked 3,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edge?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Edge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Edge?: Walter Evans Edge, American politician (1873-1956), followed by Selwyn Edge.
Where is the surname Edge most common?: Wikidata records people named Edge in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Edge?: Edge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Edge getting more or less common?: More common. 11,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,556 in 2010, up 3.0%.