How common is the surname Ethridge?

7,878 people in the United States had the surname Ethridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,191 Americans. It ranked 4,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ethridge?

Kamie Ethridge, American basketball player (born 1964), followed by Chris Ethridge.

Where is the surname Ethridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Ethridge in the United States.

Is the surname Ethridge getting more or less common?

More common. 7,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,878 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Ethridge

A surname, carried by 7,878 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ethridge is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Etheridge.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,878 people named Ethridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,191 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,759.

#4,502

rank among US surnames

7,878

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,230)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,498	Garman	7,884	39,161
#4,500	Sanches	7,883	39,166
#4,501	Gunther	7,882	39,171
#4,502	Ethridge	7,878	39,191
#4,503	Arriola	7,877	39,196

Who is named Ethridge

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

81% of people named Ethridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ethridges

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kamie Ethridge
American basketball player (born 1964)
Chris Ethridge
American musician (1947–2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ethridge

Ethridge has the Soundex code E363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E363.

Questions

Where does the surname Ethridge come from?: Reduced variant of Etheridge.
How common is the surname Ethridge?: 7,878 people in the United States had the surname Ethridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,191 Americans. It ranked 4,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ethridge?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Ethridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ethridge?: Kamie Ethridge, American basketball player (born 1964), followed by Chris Ethridge.
Where is the surname Ethridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Ethridge in the United States.
Is the surname Ethridge getting more or less common?: More common. 7,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,878 in 2010, up 1.5%.