How common is the surname Judge?

10,453 people in the United States had the surname Judge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,537 Americans. It ranked 3,414th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Judge?

Christopher Judge, American actor, followed by Mike Judge.

Where is the surname Judge most common?

Wikidata records people named Judge in the United States.

How do you pronounce Judge?

Judge is /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Judge getting more or less common?

More common. 10,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,453 in 2010, up 3.6%.

Is Judge also a first name?

Yes. Judge is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Judge

An occupational surname, carried by 10,453 people in the United States.

Pronounced /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ 1 syllable Soundex J320 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Judge is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

From judge.

Judge is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,453 people named Judge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,537 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,091.

#3,414

rank among US surnames

10,453

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,252)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,405	Waldrop	10,503	29,396
#3,406	Lemke	10,501	29,402
#3,407	Snead	10,500	29,404
#3,408	Seifert	10,499	29,407
#3,409	Ingle	10,497	29,413
#3,412	Olivo	10,483	29,452
#3,413	Winchester	10,480	29,460

Who is named Judge

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

76% of people named Judge identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Judges

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Judge
American actor, born 1964
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, 1946–2020

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Surnames that sound like Judge

Judice

Judge has the Soundex code J320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J320.

Questions

Where does the surname Judge come from?: From judge.
How common is the surname Judge?: 10,453 people in the United States had the surname Judge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,537 Americans. It ranked 3,414th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Judge?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Judge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Judge?: Christopher Judge, American actor, followed by Mike Judge.
Where is the surname Judge most common?: Wikidata records people named Judge in the United States.
How do you pronounce Judge?: Judge is /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Judge?: Judge is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Judge getting more or less common?: More common. 10,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,453 in 2010, up 3.6%.
Is Judge also a first name?: Yes. Judge is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.