# Herridge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/herridge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 512 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,378 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 603,019 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (431 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Harridge |

## Etymology

Possibly a habitational surname from the village of Eridge, in East Sussex, named from Old English earn (“eagle”) + hryċġ (“ridge”), or alternatively from the town of Harwich, in Essex, from Old English here (“army”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling place”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Herridge 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Heritage, Hardwick, Hardesty, Horowitz, Hardison, Hartzell, Hartwig, Hertz, Huertas, Hartsfield, Hartz, Hartsell.

## 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.