# Judge (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,453 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,414 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,537 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (10,091 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From judge.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Judge 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Judge in the United States.

## People named Judge

- Christopher Judge, American actor
- Mike Judge, American animator (born 1962)
- Aaron Judge, American professional baseball player (born 1992)
- William Quan Judge, American occult writer (1851–1896)
- Arline Judge, American actress (1912–1974)
- Mychal Judge, American Friar Minor and 1st WTC victim (1933–2001)
- Thomas Lee Judge, American politician (1934-2006)
- Barbara Judge, American-British lawyer and businesswoman

## Similar surnames

Judice.

## 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.