# Pridgeon (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,033 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,288 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 298,882 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (988 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Pridgen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pridgeon 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) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pridgeon in the United Kingdom.

## People named Pridgeon

- Alec M. Pridgeon, British botanist

## Similar surnames

Pridgen, Paredes, Pritchard, Pritchett, Paradis, Paradise, Portis, Portugal, Paradiso, Pritts, Paredez, Partyka.

## 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.