How common is the surname Eldredge?

4,426 people in the United States had the surname Eldredge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,757 Americans. It ranked 7,517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eldredge?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eldredge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eldredge?

Niles Eldredge, American biologist, followed by Todd Eldredge.

Where is the surname Eldredge most common?

Wikidata records people named Eldredge in the United States.

Is the surname Eldredge getting more or less common?

More common. 4,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,426 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Eldredge

A surname, carried by 4,426 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eldredge is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,426 people named Eldredge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,757 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,178.

#7,517

rank among US surnames

4,426

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710
#7,515	Shuster	4,428	69,726
#7,516	Hans	4,427	69,741

Who is named Eldredge

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

93% of people named Eldredge identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eldredges

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Niles Eldredge
American biologist, born 1943
Todd Eldredge
American figure skater, born 1971
John Eldredge
American actor (1904-1961)
George Eldredge
American actor (1898-1977)
John Eldredge
American writer, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eldredge

Eldredge has the Soundex code E436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E436.

Questions

How common is the surname Eldredge?: 4,426 people in the United States had the surname Eldredge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,757 Americans. It ranked 7,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eldredge?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eldredge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eldredge?: Niles Eldredge, American biologist, followed by Todd Eldredge.
Where is the surname Eldredge most common?: Wikidata records people named Eldredge in the United States.
Is the surname Eldredge getting more or less common?: More common. 4,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,426 in 2010, up 5.9%.